Use of mass- and area-dimensional power laws for determining precipitation particle terminal velocities

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1710-1723

  Mitchell, David L ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAG FORCE; FALL VELOCITY; ICE PARTICLE; PRECIPITATION PARTICLE; TERMINAL VELOCITY;

EID: 0030431092     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<1710:UOMAAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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