Articulating and stationary PARSIVEL disdrometer measurements in conditions with strong winds and heavy rainfall

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2063-2080

  Friedrich, Katja ^a   Higgins, Stephanie ^a   Masters, Forrest J ^b   Lopez, Carlos R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISDROMETER MEASUREMENT; FALL VELOCITIES; HEAVY RAINFALL; HIGH WIND SPEED; LARGE DIAMETER; NUMBER CONCENTRATION; REFLECTIVITY VALUES; SAMPLING AREAS;

DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; WIND EFFECTS;

PARTICLE SIZE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; HURRICANE IKE 2008; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINFALL; REFLECTIVITY; THUNDERSTORM; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84884946852     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00254.1     Document Type: Article

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