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Original Articles

Evidence for inertial droplet clustering in weakly turbulent clouds

Katrin LehmannLeibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoser Str. 15, 04318Leipzig, GermanyCorrespondencee-mail: [email protected]
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Holger SiebertLeibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoser Str. 15, 04318Leipzig, Germany
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Manfred WendischLeibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoser Str. 15, 04318Leipzig, Germany
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Raymond A. ShawDepartment of Physics, Michigan Technological University, 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI49931-1295, USA
Pages 57-65 | Received 20 Mar 2006, Accepted 22 Sep 2006, Published online: 18 Jan 2017

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