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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-2009-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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24 Feb 2015
Research article |
| 24 Feb 2015
The relative dispersion of cloud droplets: its robustness with respect to key cloud properties
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Department of Soil and Water Sciences, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
A. Teller
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
O. Altaratz
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
D. Axisa
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
R. Bruintjes
Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Geophysics and Planetary Science, Tel Aviv University, Israel
The Energy, Environment and Water Research Center, the Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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