On the dispersion of a developing droplet spectrum in a turbulent cloud
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- 1 August 1974
- journal article
- Published by Stockholm University Press in Tellus
- Vol. 26 (4) , 489-494
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1974.tb01626.x
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 ?m. 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: 10.1111/j.2153-3490.1974.tb01626.xKeywords
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