Characteristics of the raindrop size distribution in tropical continental squall lines observed in Darwin, Australia

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1393-1412

  Maki, M ^a   Keenan, T D ^a   Sasaki, Y ^a   Nakamura, K ^a  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE DETECTION; GAMMA RAYS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RADAR; RAIN; REFLECTION; TROPICS;

RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION (DSD);

METEOROLOGY;

RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SQUALL LINE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035417260     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1393:COTRSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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