Dependence of accumulated precipitation on cloud drop size distribution

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 471-481

  Ćurić, Mladjen ^a   Janc, Dejan ^a   Veljović, Katarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD DROPLET; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SIMULATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 78249272319     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0332-5     Document Type: Article

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