The role of air turbulence in warm rain initiation

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Wang, Lian Ping ^a   Grabowski, Wojciech W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud microphysics; Collision coalescence; Turbulence; Warm rain development

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COALESCENCE; COLLISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAINFALL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 65549158687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.210     Document Type: Article

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