The breakup of levitating water drops observed with a high speed camera

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 10205-10218

  Emersic, C ^a   Connolly, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD; COALESCENCE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 80053938094     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-10205-2011     Document Type: Article

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