Entrainment, mixing, and microphysics in trade-wind cumulus

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 86A, Issue , 2008, Pages 87-106

  Gerber, Hermann E ^a   Frick, Glendon M ^a   Jensen, Jorgen B ^b   Hudson, James G ^c  

^a GERBER SCIENTIFIC INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84971392994     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.86a.87     Document Type: Article

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