Comparison of collision velocity differences of drops and graupel particles in a very turbulent cloud

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-113

  Pinsky, M ^a   Khain, A ^a   Rosenfeld, D ^a   Pokrovsky, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD SEEDING; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0032439152     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(98)00073-8     Document Type: Article

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