On the collision of drops in turbulent clouds

DOI10.1017/S0022112056000020zbMath0070.46003MaRDI QIDQ3233141

John Stewart Turner, Philip G. Saffman

Publication date: 1956

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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astronomy, astrophysics, geophysics

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