Stochastic simulations as a benchmark for mathematical methods solving the coalescence equation

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-48

  Seesselberg M ^a   Trautmann, T ^b   Thorn, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DROPLET COALESCENCE EQUATION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION;

EID: 0029729845     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-8095(95)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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