Evaporation of nonequilibrium raindrops as a fog formation mechanism

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-364

  Tardif, Robert ^a   Rasmussen, Roy M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; EQUILIBRIUM TEMPERATURES; EVAPORATING DROPS; EVAPORATION RATE; FOG FORMATION; FOG WATER; GAIN INSIGHT; INVERSION LAYER; LAGRANGIAN REFERENCE FRAME; MODEL RESULTS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; NONEQUILIBRIUM STATE; RAINY CONDITIONS; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; TERMINAL VELOCITY; VAPOR FLUXES; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; FOG; RAIN; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

DROPS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DEHYDRATION; EVAPORATION; FOG; FORMATION MECHANISM; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; STRATIFICATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77953262327     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3149.1     Document Type: Article

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