A flux method for the numerical solution of the stochastic collection equation: Extension to two-dimensional particle distributions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 284-294

  Bott, Andreas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DROP BREAKUP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

EID: 0034651182     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0284:AFMFTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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