How turbulence enhances coalescence of settling particles with applications to rain in clouds

DOI10.1098/rspa.2005.1490zbMath1205.86023MaRDI QIDQ5428298

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Publication date: 21 November 2007

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://rspa.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/461/2062/3059.full.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

turbulence; coalescence; clouds; droplets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76T99: Multiphase and multicomponent flows

86A10: Meteorology and atmospheric physics

76F25: Turbulent transport, mixing

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