## Abstract Calculations of collision rates between cloud droplets in turbulent air show that this would be an effective precipitation mechanism in cumulus if the r.m.s. turbulent acceleration were about 3 times that due to gravity. An estimated value, based on published records of flights through
The formation of rain in convective clouds
β Scribed by Illingworth, Anthony J.
- Book ID
- 109757426
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 349 KB
- Volume
- 336
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/336754a0
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