Microphysics of raindrop size spectra: Tropical continental and maritime storms

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1777-1791

  Ulbrich, Carlton W ^a,b   Atlas, David ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ^*  (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; DROPS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING;

CONVECTIVE STORM; GAMMA PARAMETER DIAGRAM;

STORMS;

ALGORITHM; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROMETEOROLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORM;

ARECIBO; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049123413     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JAMC1649.1     Document Type: Article

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