Variability of rainfall rate and raindrop size distributions in heavy rain

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Smith, James A ^a   Hui, Eric ^a   Steiner, Matthias ^b   Baeck, Mary Lynn ^a   Krajewski, Witold F ^c   Ntelekos, Alexandres A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE INTENSITY; CONVECTIVE RAIN; DISDROMETER; EXTREME RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINFALL; HEAVY RAINS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; MARKED POINT PROCESS; NEW JERSEY; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINDROP SPECTRA; RAINFALL RATES; RUNOFF PRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME PERIODS; TIME VARYING; TIME-SCALE; TIME-VARYING MODEL PARAMETERS;

DROPS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

RAIN;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCETON [NEW JERSEY]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649878180     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006840     Document Type: Article

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