Acceleration of rain initiation by cloud turbulence

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6903, 2002, Pages 151-154

  Falkovich, G ^a   Fouxon, A ^a   Stepanov, M G ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COALESCENCE; GRAVITATION; TURBULENCE;

DROPLETS;

RAIN;

RAIN;

CLOUD DROPLET; COLLISION; FORMATION MECHANISM; RAINDROP; TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; CLOUD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 0037068458     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00983     Document Type: Article

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