Cloud Droplet Size Distributions in Low-Level Stratiform Clouds
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Statistical Physics, Information Theory and Cloud Droplet Size Distributions
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0022-4928,1520-0469
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0295:cdsdil>2.0.co;2