Preferential concentration of cloud droplets by turbulence: Effects on the early evolution of cumulus cloud droplet spectra

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1965-1976

  Shaw, Raymond A ^a   Reade, Walter C ^b   Collins, Lance R ^b   Verlinde, Johannes ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031853070     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1965:PCOCDB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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