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Evidence for inertial droplet clustering in weakly turbulent clouds Cover

Evidence for inertial droplet clustering in weakly turbulent clouds

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|Jan 2007

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Language: English
Page range: 57 - 65
Submitted on: Mar 20, 2006
Accepted on: Sep 22, 2006
Published on: Jan 1, 2007
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2007 Katrin Lehmann, Holger Siebert, Manfred Wendisch, Raymond A. Shaw, published by Stockholm University Press
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