Comments on “Droplets to Drops by Turbulent Coagulation”

Lian-Ping Wang Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, and Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research,* Boulder, Colorado

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Orlando Ayala Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

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Yan Xue Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

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Wojciech W. Grabowski Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research,* Boulder, Colorado

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* The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation

Corresponding author address: Lian-Ping Wang, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 126 Spencer Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-3140. Email: lwang@udel.edu

* The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation

Corresponding author address: Lian-Ping Wang, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 126 Spencer Laboratory, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716-3140. Email: lwang@udel.edu

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