Drizzle correlations with giant nuclei

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Hudson, James G ^a   Jha, Vandana ^a   Noble, Stephen ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); DROPS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AEROSOL EFFECT; CLOUD ALTITUDES; CLOUD PHYSICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITICAL SUPERSATURATION; CUMULUS CLOUD; DRIZZLE DROPS; GEOENGINEERING; GIANT NUCLEI; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE;

CLOUD SEEDING;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD SEEDING; CORRELATION; CUMULUS; DRIZZLE; HYGROSCOPICITY; SUPERSATURATION;

EID: 79952678780     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046207     Document Type: Article

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