Reflectivity and rain rate in and below drizzling stratocumulus

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 603 PART B, 2004, Pages 2891-2918

  Comstock, Kimberly K ^a   Wood, Robert ^a   Yuter, Sandra E ^a   Bretherton, Christopher S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drizzle; Drop size distribution; Marine boundary layer; Stratus; Z R relationship

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CLOUDS; DATA ACQUISITION; DROP BREAKUP; EVAPORATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

RAIN RATES; STRATOCUMULUS (SC) CLOUDS;

RAIN;

BOUNDARY LAYER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10944262236     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.187     Document Type: Article

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