On the shape-slope relation of drop size distributions in convective rain

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1146-1151

  Seifert, Axel ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RANDOM PROCESSES;

DISDROMETER; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

RAINDROP; SHAPE; SLOPE;

EID: 24644462902     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2254.1     Document Type: Article

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