Advances of TheoreticalObservationaland Numerical Studies on Relative Dispersion of Cloud Droplet Spectra

  • Fei WANG ,
  • Chunsong LU
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  • 1. Key Laboratory for Cloud Physics,Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences,Beijing,100081,China
    2. Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration,Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology,Nanjing 210044,Jiangsu,China

Received date: 2021-10-19

  Revised date: 2022-06-24

  Online published: 2023-07-18

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Fei WANG , Chunsong LU . Advances of TheoreticalObservationaland Numerical Studies on Relative Dispersion of Cloud Droplet Spectra[J]. Plateau Meteorology, 2023 , 42(4) : 809 -820 . DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2022.00067

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