Numerical simulation of an industrial cumulus affected by heat, moisture, and CCN released from an oil refinery

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1257-1264

  Guan, S ^a   Reuter, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; CLOUD FORMATION; HEAT; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OIL REFINERY; RAIN FORMATION; VAPOUR;

EID: 0030440271     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<1257:NSOAIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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