Listening to raindrops from underwater: An acoustic disdrometer

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1640-1657

  Nystuen, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADAR REFLECTION; SIZE DETERMINATION; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WIND EFFECTS;

DROP SIZE;

RAIN;

ACOUSTIC METHOD; HYDROPHONE; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNDERWATER NOISE;

FLORIDA; MIAMI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035484367     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1640:LTRFUA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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