Initiation Of Drop Velocity Oscillations During Their Fall In A Vertically Sheared Flow With Embedded Velocity Fluctuation

Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 78, Issue 1-4, 1994, Pages 169-192

  Pinsky, M B ^a   Khain, A P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; drop collisions; turbulence fluctuations

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DROPS; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; OSCILLATIONS; PHYSICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SHEAR FLOW; VELOCITY; WATER; WIND;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROP COLLISIONS; WAVELENGTH;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROP SIZE; DROP VELOCITY;

EID: 0028671579     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929408226577     Document Type: Article

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