Collision efficiencies empirically determined from laboratory investigations of collisional growth of small raindrops in a laminar flow field

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 120-125

  Vohl, O ^a   Mitra, S K ^a   Wurzler, S ^b   Diehl, K ^a   Pruppacher, H R ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b North Rhine Westphalia State Environment Agency   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collision efficiency; Laboratory experiments; Water drops; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROPS; INTERPOLATION; WIND TUNNELS;

CLOUD MODELS; COLLISION EFFICIENCY; DROP GROWTH RATES; WATER DROPS;

LAMINAR FLOW;

DROPLET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; LABORATORY METHOD; LAMINAR FLOW; RAINDROP; SIMULATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 34249931430     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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