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Immediately following their formation through heterogeneous nucleation, cloud particles proceed to grow by the process of vapor diffusion. Later on they may also experience growth by the mechanisms of collision and subsequent coalescence or sticking. In the present chapter we shall describe the individual and collective growth (and evaporation) of cloud particles by vapor diffusion; collisional growth (and breakup) are considered in Chapters 15 and 16.
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© 1978 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland
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Pruppacher, H.R., Klett, J.D. (1978). Diffusion Growth and Evaporation of Water Drops and Ice Crystals. In: Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9905-3_13
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