Entrainment and detrainment required to explain updraft properties and work dissipation

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 0283-0301

  Michaud, L M ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; DISSIPATION; ENTRAINMENT; UPDRAFT;

EID: 0031666255     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v50i3.14527     Document Type: Article

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