The effect of reported high-velocity small raindrops on inferred drop size distributions and derived power laws

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6807-6818

  Leijnse, H ^a,b   Uijlenhoet, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POWER LAW; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINDROP; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 77954910231     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-6807-2010     Document Type: Article

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