Statistics of drop size distribution parameters and rain rates for stratiform and convective precipitation during the North Australian wet season

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3222-3237

  Penide, Guillaume ^a   Kumar, Vickal V ^b   Protat, Alain ^b   May, Peter T ^b  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESS; NORTH AUSTRALIAN WET SEASONS; POLARIMETRIC RADAR MEASUREMENTS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMMERCE; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; REFLECTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84883757042     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00262.1     Document Type: Article

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