Computationally efficient expressions for the collision efficiency between electrically charged aerosol particles and cloud droplets

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 618 A, 2006, Pages 1717-1731

  Tripathi, S N ^a   Vishnoi, S ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Harrison, R G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Cloud parametrization; Solar terrestrial physics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUD SEEDING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD PARAMETRIZATION; COLLISION EFFICIENCY; SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD DROPLET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 33746591324     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.125     Document Type: Article

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