Droplet spectra measurements with the FSSP-100. Part I: Low droplet concentration measurements

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1748-1755

  de Araújo Coelho, Afrânio ^a,b   Brenguier, Jean Louis ^b   Perrin, Thierry ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY; PROBES; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

DROPLET SPECTRA MEASUREMENTS; FORWARD SCATTERING SPECTROMETER PROBE; TRANSFER MATRIX;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

DROPLET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SPECTRUM;

EID: 30344483916     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1817.1     Document Type: Article

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