Droplet growth in warm turbulent clouds

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 667, 2012, Pages 1401-1429

  Devenish, B J ^a,k   Bartello, P ^b   Brenguier, J L ^c   Collins, L R ^d   Grabowski, W W ^e   Ijzermans, R H A ^f   Malinowski, S P ^g   Reeks, M W ^f   Vassilicos, J C ^h   Wang, L P ⁱ   Warhaft, Z ^d,j  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^j Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

Clouds; Droplets; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FORMATION; DROPLET GROWTH; DROPLET SIZE SPECTRUM; ENERGY-CONTAINING EDDIES; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; INITIAL STAGES; PARAMETER SPACES; SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE; TURBULENT COLLISIONS; TURBULENT EDDY;

CLOUDS; COALESCENCE; MIXING; RESEARCH; TURBULENCE;

DROPS;

CLOUD DROPLET; CONDENSATION; ENTRAINMENT; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENTATION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84866155872     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1897     Document Type: Review

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