Review of particle-turbulence interactions and consequences for cloud physics

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-298

  Vaillancourt, Paul A ^a,b   Yau, M K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0001146342     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0285:ROPIAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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