Observations of the width of cloud droplet spectra in stratocumulus

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Pawlowska, H ^a   Grabowski, W W ^b   Brenguier, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CONDENSATION; DILUTION; DROPS; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

MICROPHYSICS; RADIATIVE PROPERTIES; STANDARD DEVIATION;

CLOUDS;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DRIZZLE; RAINFALL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STRATOCUMULUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33846595536     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026841     Document Type: Article

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