Rain events on 22 October 2006 in León (Spain): Drop size spectra

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 619-635

  Fernández Raga, María ^a   Castro, Amaya ^a   Palencia, Covadonga ^a   Calvo, Ana I ^a   Fraile, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disdrometer; Meteorological radar; Raindrop size distribution; Z R relation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CONVECTIVE EVENTS; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DISDROMETER; DROP SIZE; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PRECIPITATION DATA; RADAR IMAGE; RADAR IMAGERY; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; RAIN EVENTS; RAIN GAUGES; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; Z-R RELATION;

DROPS; GAGES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACKING RADAR;

METEOROLOGICAL RADAR;

EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADAR IMAGERY; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEON [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67349204841     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.035     Document Type: Article

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