Early evolution of the largest-sized droplets in maritime cumulus clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 648, 2010, Pages 708-717

  Lowenstein, Jason H ^a   Blyth, Alan M ^a   Lawson, R Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SPEC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Droplet size distribution; Rico; Ultra giant aerosols

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD PARTICLES; CRITICAL SIZE; CUMULUS CLOUD; DROPLET GROWTH; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; LARGE SIZES; STOCHASTIC COALESCENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COALESCENCE; CONDENSATION; DROP FORMATION; FORWARD SCATTERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBES; SIZE DETERMINATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL; CONDENSATION; CUMULUS; DROPLET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPECTROMETER; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77953079867     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.597     Document Type: Article

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