Effects of pressure on collision, coalescence, and breakup of raindrops. Part I: Experiments at 50 kPa

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2190-2203

  List, Roland ^a   Fung, C ^b   Nissen, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT   (Hong Kong)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SYSTEMS; COLLISION KINETICS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE CHAMBER; REGION OF INTEREST; TIMING SYSTEMS;

COALESCENCE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PRESSURE REGULATORS; SURFACE TENSION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

EXPERIMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COALESCENCE; DROPLET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KINETIC ENERGY; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; PROBABILITY; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 70349283596     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS2863.1     Document Type: Article

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