The relationship between drop in-cloud residence time and drizzle production in numerically simulated stratocumulus clouds

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1108-1122

  Feingold, Graham ^a,c   Stevens, Bjorn ^b   Cotton, W R ^a   Frisch, A S ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD EDDY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COLLISION; DRIZZLE; STRATOCUMULUS;

EID: 0030469073     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1108:TRBDIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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