A probabilistic view on raindrop size distribution modeling: A physical interpretation of rain microphysics

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 427-443

  Tapiador, Francisco J ^a   Haddad, Ziad S ^b   Turk, Joe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drop size distribution; Hydrometeorology; Radars Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894093330     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: 15257541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-13-033.1     Document Type: Article

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