Experiments on a plume with off-source heating: Implications for cloud fluid dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D12, 1999, Pages 14271-14281

  Venkatakrishnan, L ^b   Bhat, G S ^b   Narasimha, R ^a,b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT LOSS; LABORATORY; PLUME;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CUMULUS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LABORATORY METHOD;

EID: 0032705287     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900034     Document Type: Article

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