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Before discussing the microphysical mechanisms of cloud particle formation, we shall give a brief description of the main microstructural features of clouds. Here we shall be concerned primarily with the sizes, number concentrations, and geometry of the particles comprising the visible cloud.
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© 1978 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Pruppacher, H.R., Klett, J.D. (1978). Microstructure of Atmospheric Clouds and Precipitation. In: Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9905-3_2
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