The shape-slope relation in observed gamma raindrop size distributions: Statistical error or useful information?

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1106-1119

  Zhang, Guifu ^a   Vivekanandan, J ^a   Brandes, Edward A ^a   Meneghini, Robert ^b   Kozu, Toshiaki ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; RAIN;

GAMMA DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MODELING; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MODELING; MORPHOMETRY; RAINDROP;

EID: 0038359183     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<1106:TSRIOG>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Brandes, E. A., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2002: Experiments in rainfall estimation with a polarimetric radar in a subtropical environment. J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 674-685.
2. Brandes, E. A., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2003: An evaluation of a drop distribution-based rainfall estimator. J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 652-660.
3. Chandrasekar, V., and V. N. Bringi, 1987: Simulation of radar reflectivity and surface measurements of rainfall. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 4, 464-478.
4. Haddad, Z. S., D. A. Short, S. L. Durden, E. Im, S. Hensley, M. B. Grable, and R. A. Black, 1997: A new parameterizing of raindrop size distribution. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 35, 532-539.
5. Iguchi, T., T. Kozu, R. Meneghini, J. Awaka, and K. Okkamoto, 2000: Rain-profiling algorithm for the TRMM precipitation radar. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 2038-2052.
6. Kozu, T., 1991: Estimation of raindrop size distribution from spaceborne radar measurement. Ph.D. dissertation, Kyoto University, 196 pp.
7. Kozu, T., and K. Nakamura, 1991: Rain parameter estimation from dual-radar measurements combining reflectivity profile and path-integrated attenuation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 8, 259-270.
8. Kozu, T., T. Iguchi, K. Shimizu, and N. Kshiwagi, 1999: Estimation of raindrop size distribution parameters using statistical relations between multi-parameter rainfall remote sensing data. Preprints, 29th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, QC, Canada, Amer. Meteor. Soc. 689-692.
9. Laws, J. O., and D. A. Parsons, 1943: The relationship of raindrop size to intensity. Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 24, 452-460.
10. Marshall, J. S., and W. Palmer, 1948: The distribution of raindrops with size. J. Meteor., 5, 165-166.
11. Meneghini, R., L. Liao, S. W. Bidwell, and G. M. Heymsfield, 2001: On the feasibility of a Doppler weather radar for estimates of drop size distribution using two closely spaced frequencies. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 2203-2216.
12. Oguchi, T., 1983: Electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering in rain and other hydrometeors. Proc. IEEE. 71, 1029-1078.
13. Papoulis, A., 1965: Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes. McGraw-Hill, 583 pp.
14. Ulbrich, C. W., 1983: Natural variations in the analytical form of the raindrop size distribution. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 22, 1764-1775.
15. Ulbrich, C. W., and D. Atlas, 1998: Rain microphysics and radar properties: Analysis methods for drop size spectra, J. Appl. Meteor., 37, 912-923.
16. Vivekanandan, J., W. M. Adams, and V. N. Bringi, 1991: Rigorous approach to polarimetric radar modeling of hydrometeor orientation distributions. J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 1053-1063.
17. Wong, R. K. W., and N. Chidambaram, 1985: Gamma size distribution and stochastic sampling errors. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 24, 568-579.
18. Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan, and E. Brandes, 2001: A method for estimating rain rate and drop size distribution from polarimetric radar measurements. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 830-841.
19. Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan, and E. Brandes, 2002: Effects of random inhomogeneity on radar measurements and rain rate estimation. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40, 223-227.