Microphysical observations of warm cumulus clouds in Ceara, Brazil

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 167-199

  Costa, Alexandre Araújo ^a   De Oliveira, Carlos Jacinto ^b   De Oliveira, José Carlos Parente ^c   Sampaio, Antônio José Da Costa ^c  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Droplet size distributions; Microphysical data; Northeast Brazil; Warm cumuli

Indexed keywords

CUMULUS; DROPLET; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033942603     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(00)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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