Observations of microphysics pertaining to the development of drizzle in warm, shallow cumulus clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 126, Issue 563, 2000, Pages 415-443

  French, Jeffrey R ^a   Vali, Gabor ^b   Kelly, Robert D ^b  

^a NOAA Air Resources Laboratory Field Research Division   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coalescence; Cumulus; Drizzle; Entrainment; Microphysics

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COALESCENCE; CUMULUS; DRIZZLE; ENTRAINMENT;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034058424     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712656304     Document Type: Article

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