A Model Of A Homogeneous Isotropic Turbulent Flow And Its Application For The Simulation Of Cloud Drop Tracks

Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1995, Pages 33-55

  Pinsky, M ^a   Khain, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

cloud drops; correlation functions; drop velocity fluctuations; Homogeneous and isotropic turbulence; random field

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DROP TRACKS; DROPS; ISOTROPIC; TURBULENT FLOW;

AEROSOL PARTICLE; CLOUD DROP; ISOTROPIC TURBULENCE; RANDOM VELOCITY FIELD; TURBULENT FLOW MODELLING;

EID: 0029412654     PISSN: 03091929     EISSN: 10290419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091929508229069     Document Type: Article

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