Raindrop size distribution and evolution

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 191, Issue , 2010, Pages 49-60

  McFarquhar, Greg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1029/2010GM000971     Document Type: Article

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