Evolution of cloud droplet temperature and lifetime in spatiotemporally varying subsaturated environments with implications for ice nucleation at cloud edges

Roy, Puja; Rauber, Robert M.; Di Girolamo, Larry

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Evolution of cloud droplet temperature and lifetime in spatiotemporally varying subsaturated environments with implications for ice nucleation at cloud edges

Puja Roy, Robert M. Rauber, and Larry Di Girolamo

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