Raindrop size distributions in convective clouds over Cuba

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-239

  Martinez, Daniel ^a   Gori, Enrico G ^b  

^a Instituto de Meteorologia de la Republica de Cuba   (Cuba)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cloud physics; Cloud water content; Convective clouds; Rain water content; Raindrop size distributions

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; RAINDROP;

CUBA;

EID: 0033386559     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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