Drop-size distributions from various types of rain

✍ Scribed by B. J. Mason; J. B. Andrews

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1960
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 496 KB
• Volume: 86
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49708636906

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Notable differences are found in the size distribution of raindrops reaching the ground from frontal clouds exhibiting a radar melting‐band which is indicative of Bergeron‐type rain; from small, warm shower clouds in which the rain is formed by coalescence; and from thunderstorms. These differences are illustrated by typical drop‐size spectra and by plots of median‐volume drop diameter against rainfall intensity for the three classes.