How artificial rain can be produced? A mathematical model

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2659-2668

  Shukla, J B ^a,b   Misra, A K ^c   Naresh, Ram ^d   Chandra, Peeyush ^e  

^a C MEND   (India)

^b LNM INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d HARCOURT BUTLER TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial rain; Conducive aerosols; Mathematical model; Stability; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; ARTIFICIAL RAIN; CLOUD DROPLETS; CONDUCIVE AEROSOLS; DENSITY OF WATER; MODEL ANALYSIS; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RAIN DROPS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; WATER VAPOR;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77955767837     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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