Aerosol effects of the condensation process on a convective cloud simulation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 833-853

  Seiki, Tatsuya ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b  

^a Center for Computational Science   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84893585649     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0195.1     Document Type: Article

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