Impact of high- and low-vorticity turbulence on cloud–environment mixing and cloud microphysics processes

Kumar, Bipin; Ranjan, Rahul; Yau, Man-Kong; Bera, Sudarsan; Rao, Suryachandra A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12317-2021

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Impact of high- and low-vorticity turbulence on cloud–environment mixing and cloud microphysics processes

Bipin Kumar, Rahul Ranjan, Man-Kong Yau, Sudarsan Bera, and Suryachandra A. Rao

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