The effects of giant cloud condensation nuclei on the development of precipitation in convective clouds - A numerical study

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 91-116

  Yin, Yan ^a   Levin, Zev ^a   Reisin, Tamir G ^a   Tzivion, Shalva ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Convective cloud; Giant CCN; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002547189     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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