Toward the theory of stochastic condensation in clouds. Part II: Analytical solutions of the gamma-distribution type

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3997-4013

  Khvorostyanov, Vitaly I ^a   Curry, Judith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UCB 428   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CONDENSATION; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); QUANTUM THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; KINETIC EQUATIONS; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONDENSATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0033387910     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<3997:TTTOSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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