Maritime-Continental drizzle contrasts in small cumuli

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 915-926

  Hudson, James G ^a,b   Yum, Seong Soo ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; CONDENSATION; RAIN; WIND;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CUMULUS; DRIZZLE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035870937     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0915:MCDCIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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