On the spatial distribution of cloud particles

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 901-915

  Kostinski, A B ^a   Jameson, A R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RJH Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS;

CLOUD PARTICLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEXTURE;

EID: 0034176941     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0901:OTSDOC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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