Toward elucidating the microstructure of warm rainfall: A survey

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Testik, F Y ^a,b   Barros, Ana P ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b South   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; RAINFALL;

EID: 34247489730     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RG000182     Document Type: Article

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