Super-large raindrops

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Hobbs, Peter V ^a   Rangno, Arthur L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CONDENSATION; RAIN; SMOKE; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

RAINDROPS; SMOKE PARTICLES;

GEOPHYSICS; DROPS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; BIOMASS BURNING; RAINDROP;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CUMULUS CONGESTUS CLOUDS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; RAPID GROWTH; SMOKE PARTICLES;

EID: 4544260273     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020167     Document Type: Article

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