Toward a physical characterization of raindrop collision outcome regimes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1097-1113

  Testik, F Y ^a   Barros, A P ^b   Bliven, L F ^c  

^a South   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud droplets; Cloud microphysics; Drop size distributions; Laboratory physical models; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLETS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COLLISION EXPERIMENTS; COLLISION KINETICS; COLLISION REGIMES; COLLISION-INDUCED BREAKUP; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; CRITICAL ANGLES; DATA SETS; DROP DIAMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHASE SPACES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REGIME DIAGRAM; WEBER NUMBERS;

COALESCENCE; DROP BREAKUP; PHASE SPACE METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DROPLET; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79958701499     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3706.1     Document Type: Article

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