Analytical expression for the relative dispersion of the cloud droplet size distribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Liu, Yangang ^a   Daum, Peter H ^a   Yum, Seong Soo ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DISPERSIONS; DROP BREAKUP; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADIABATIC GROWTH THEORY; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN) SPECTRA; CLOUD DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE DISPERSION; UPDRAFT VELOCITY;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD DROPLET; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644753139     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024052     Document Type: Article

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