Generalisation of Levine's prediction for the distribution of freezing temperatures of droplets: A general singular model for ice nucleation

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7215-7223

  Sear, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DROPLET; FREEZING; ICE CRYSTAL; NUCLEATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

EID: 84901851074     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-7215-2013     Document Type: Article

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