The droplike nature of rain and its invariant statistical properties

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-95

  Ignaccolo, Massimillano ^a   De Michele, Carlo ^b,c   Bianco, Simone ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 65349165826     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JHM975.1     Document Type: Article

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