Assessment of hydrometer collection rates from exact and approximate equations. Part I: A new approximate scheme

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 143-159

  Gaudet, Brian J ^a,b   Schmidt, Jerome M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; FALL VELOCITY; HYDROMETER COLLECTION RATE; WISNER APPROXIMATION;

HYDROMETERS;

HYDROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 13244265767     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-3362.1     Document Type: Article

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