Abstract
It is shown that the combined effects of condensation and shear-induced coalescence are able to produce significant dispersion in an initially narrow droplet spectral density centred on a radius of about 10 μm. Provided that the degree of supersaturation of the ambient air is sufficiently large, the time scale for this dispersion process is small compared with the expected life-time of a cloud.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v26i4.9854 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 489 - 494
Submitted on: Jul 17, 1973
Accepted on: Nov 11, 1973
Published on: Jan 1, 1974
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1974 M. J. Manton, published by Stockholm University Press
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