Numerical simulation of cloud droplet formation in a tank

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1034-1043

  Schütze, Matthias ^a   Stratmann, Frank ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR TROPOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud droplet formation; Particle dynamics modeling; Stirred tank; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; TURBULENCE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 45049084237     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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