Drizzle in stratiform boundary layer clouds. Part II: Microphysical aspects

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3034-3050

  Wood, Robert ^a,b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DRIZZLE; MICROPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; RADAR REFLECTIVITY PRECIPITATION RATE; STRATIFORM BOUNDARY LAYER;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD WATER; DRIZZLE; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 26244467200     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3530.1     Document Type: Article

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