Main features of rain drop size distributions observed in Benin, West Africa, with optical disdrometers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Moumouni, Sounmaila ^a,b   Gosset, Marielle ^a   Houngninou, Etienne ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; LIGHTNING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS;

CLIMATIC ZONES; DATA SETS; DISDROMETERS; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS; INTERCEPT PARAMETERS; RAIN DROP SIZES; RAIN RATES; RAINY SEASONS; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SQUALL LINES; WEST-AFRICA;

RAIN;

DATA SET; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; RAINDROP; SQUALL LINE;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60149095151     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035755     Document Type: Article

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