Calculations pertaining to hygroscopic seeding with flares

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1449-1469

  Cooper, William A ^a   Bruintjes, Roelof T ^a   Mather, Graeme K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CloudQuest   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLETS; HYGROSCOPIC SEEDING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031395086     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1449:CPTHSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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