Analysis of model-produced raindrop size distributions in the small-drop range

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1382-1390

  Brown Jr , Philip S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; MARKOV PROCESSES;

RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; WEBER NUMBER;

RAIN;

COALESCENCE; MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0345425698     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1382:AOMPRS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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