Raindrop sorting induced by vertical drafts in convective clouds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2787-2790

  Kollias, P ^a   Albrecht, B A ^a   Marks, F D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CLOUDS; DOPPLER RADAR;

VERTICAL DRAFTS;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE CLOUD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; SORTING;

EID: 0035878311     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013131     Document Type: Article

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