Measurements of raindrop breakup by using UHF wind profilers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 4071-4074

  Kobayashi, T ^a   Adachi, A ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; UHF DEVICES;

WIND PROFILERS;

GEOPHYSICS;

DOPPLER RADAR; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0035509335     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013254     Document Type: Article

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