Microphysical imprint of entrainment in warm cumulus

Jennifer D. Small; Patrick Y. Chuang; Haflidi H. Jonsson

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19922

Microphysical imprint of entrainment in warm cumulus

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Jennifer D. Small, Patrick Y. Chuang and Haflidi H. Jonsson

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.19922 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Language: English

Page range: 19922 - 19922

Submitted on: Oct 19, 2012

Accepted on: Jun 18, 2013

Published on: Jan 1, 2013

Published by: Stockholm University Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

inhomogeneous mixing,

homogeneous mixing,

GoMACCS,

phase-Doppler interferometer,

cloud microphysics

© 2013 Jennifer D. Small, Patrick Y. Chuang, Haflidi H. Jonsson, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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