Articles | Volume 21, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17133-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17133-2021
Research article
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25 Nov 2021
Research article |  | 25 Nov 2021

Improving the representation of aggregation in a two-moment microphysical scheme with statistics of multi-frequency Doppler radar observations

Markus Karrer, Axel Seifert, Davide Ori, and Stefan Kneifel

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