The microphysical structure and evolution of Hawaiian rainband clouds. Part III: A test of the ultragiant nuclei hypothesis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1980-2003

  Szumowski, Marcin J ^a,b,c   Rauber, Robert M ^a   Ochs III, Harry T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; KINEMATICS; RAIN;

HAWAIIAN RAINBAND CLOUDS; MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURE; ULTRAGIANT NUCLEI HYPOTHESIS;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE;

CLOUD; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 0032739222     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1980:TMSAEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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