Significant differences in the cloud droplet effective radius between nonprecipitating and precipitating clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Kobayashi, Takahisa ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOMETERS; RAIN GAGES; TROPICS;

CLOUD DROPLET EFFECTIVE RADIUS; NONPRECIPITATING CLOUDS; PRECIPITATING CLOUDS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

CLOUDS;

CLOUD; CLOUD DROPLET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR; RADIOMETER; RAINDROP;

EID: 34948880184     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029606     Document Type: Article

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