Parameterization of the mean drizzle rate in stratocumulus
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Relationship between drizzle rate, liquid water path and droplet concentration at the scale of a stratocumulus cloud system O. Geoffroy, J.-L. Brenguier, and I. Sandu GAME/CNRM (Météo-France, CNRS) 42, av. Gaspard Coriolis 31057 Toulouse Received: 12 December 2007 – Accepted: 8 January 2008 – Published: 26 February 2008 Correspondence to: O. Geoffroy ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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