Particle-turbulence interactions in atmospheric clouds

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2003, Pages 183-227

  Shaw, Raymond A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud physics; Multiphase flows; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COALESCENCE; CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; RADIATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

SCALAR GRADIENTS;

TURBULENCE;

CLOUD PHENOMENA; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARTICLE MOTION; PHYSICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0344272172     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.35.101101.161125     Document Type: Article

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