Articles | Volume 20, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10211-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10211-2020
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03 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 03 Sep 2020

Size dependence in chord characteristics from simulated and observed continental shallow cumulus

Philipp J. Griewank, Thijs Heus, Neil P. Lareau, and Roel A. J. Neggers

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