Raindrop size distribution measurements in tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1669-1685

  Tokay, Ali ^a,b   Bashor, Paul G ^c   Habib, Emad ^d   Kasparis, Takis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NASA Wallops Flight Facility ^*  (United States)

^d University of Louisiana at Lafayette   (United States)

^e University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; PARAMETERIZATION; RAIN; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

INTEGRAL RAIN PARAMETERS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

STORMS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINDROP; REFLECTIVITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER CONTENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; WALLOPS ISLAND;

EID: 44949203618     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2122.1     Document Type: Article

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