International Journal of
Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Water Res. Environ. Eng.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6613
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJWREE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 347

Full Length Research Paper

Continuous and stochastic methods for modeling rain drop growth in clouds

Rehan Siddiqui
  • Rehan Siddiqui
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3 Canada.
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Brendan M. Quine
  • Brendan M. Quine
  • Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, M3J 1P3 Canada.
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  •  Received: 26 November 2015
  •  Accepted: 22 March 2016
  •  Published: 30 April 2016

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