The effects of turbulent collision-coalescence on precipitation formation and precipitation-dynamical feedbacks in simulations of stratocumulus and shallow cumulus convection

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6557-6570

  Franklin, C N ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COLLISION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; STRATOCUMULUS; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

EID: 84903783185     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-6557-2014     Document Type: Article

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