Measurements of raindrop size distributions over the pacific warm pool and implications for Z-R relations

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 847-867

  Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Houze Jr , Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; DROPLETS; RADAR; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOGA COARE; TOGA-COARE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0031465893     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0847:MORSDO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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