The role of the inertia of cloud drops in the evolution of the spectra during drop growth by diffusion

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 554, 1999, Pages 553-581

  Pinsky, Mark B ^b   Khain, Alexander P ^a   Levin, Zev ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Condensational growth; Droplet concentration inhomogeneity; Droplet spectrum formation; Effects of cloud turbulence; Fine structure of clouds; Inertia of droplets; Inertial mixing

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; INERTIA;

EID: 0033042969     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55409     Document Type: Article

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