Laboratory measurements of axis ratios for large raindrops

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2673-2683

  Andsager, Karen ^a   Beard, Kenneth V ^a,b   Laird, Neil F ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; VORTEX SHEDDING; WIND TUNNELS;

AXIS RATIOS; HORIZONTALLY POLARIZED PULSE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LARGE RAINDROPS;

RAIN;

OSCILLATION; RAINDROP; VORTEX SHEDDING;

EID: 0032763543     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2673:LMOARF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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