Further evidence for superterminal raindrops

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6914-6918

  Larsen, M L ^a   Kostinski, A B ^b   Jameson, A R ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RJH Scientific Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

disdrometer; splashing; superterminal raindrops

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP;

AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; DISDROMETERS; DROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; RAIN EVENTS; SPLASHING; SUPERTERMINAL RAINDROPS; VIDEO DISDROMETER;

RAIN;

DROPLET; RAINDROP; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84911382180     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061397     Document Type: Article

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