Does the influence of oblate-like distortions in larger raindrops make a difference in collection and evaporation parameterizations?

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1582-1591

  Straka, Jerry M ^a   Gilmore, Matthew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EVAPORATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CONTINUOUS-COLLECTION GROWTH; HIGH-RESOLUTION FORECAST MODELS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EVAPORATION; FORECASTING METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINDROP;

EID: 33846013928     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2416.1     Document Type: Article

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