Cloud macroscopic organization: Order emerging from randomness

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 7483-7490

  Yuan, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79960993154     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-7483-2011     Document Type: Article

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