Diffusional and accretional growth of water drops in a rising adiabatic parcel: Effects of the turbulent collision kernel

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2335-2353

  Grabowski, W W ^a   Wang, L P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DIFFUSION; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TURBULENCE;

EID: 75449101614     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-2335-2009     Document Type: Article

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