Which cloud type below will only produce precipitation by the collision-coalescence process?
a. a thick, cold nimbostratus cloud
b. a thick, warm cumulus cloud
c. a thick, cold cumulus cloud
d. a thick, supercooled cumulonimbus cloud with abundant nuclei
e. a supercooled cumulus congestus cloud
ANSWER: b
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