The distribution of raindrops speeds

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Villermaux, Emmanuel ^a   Eloi, Fabien ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; VELOCITY;

DROP DIAMETERS; FALL VELOCITIES; FRAGMENT VELOCITY; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS;

DROPS;

EQUILIBRIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; PREDICTION; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 80053933887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048863     Document Type: Article

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