Self-aggregation of clouds in conditionally unstable moist convection

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 12623-12628

  Pauluis, Olivier ^a   Schumacher, Jörg ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLOUD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; THERMODYNAMICS;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; CONVECTION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 79961220784     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102339108     Document Type: Article

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