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Title: | Modelling raindrop size distribution and Z(R) relations in the Western Mediterranean area |
Author: | Cerro, Carlos Codina, Bernat Bech, Joan Lorente, Jeroni |
Keywords: | Mediterrània occidental Precipitacions (Meteorologia) Observacions meteorològiques Western Mediterranean Precipitations (Meteorology) Meteorological observations |
Issue Date: | 1997 |
Publisher: | American Meteorology Society |
Abstract: | This study shows the results of the modeling of drop size distributions (DSD) observed during a 2-yr study in Barcelona. Thirty-second individual sample collections of drop sizes and velocities were measured with an optical disdrometer and grouped into different classes according to their rain rate. Using the moments method, the entire experimental dataset was fitted to three standard distribution functions: exponential, gamma, and lognormal. Relationships were found between rain rate R and other moments of the DSD, such as optical attenuation S, liquid water content W, and reflectivity Z. Although gamma distribution generally reproduced experimental measurements more accurately, the Z(R) relationship, which is particularly relevant in radar meteorology, yielded the best results when calculated from fitted exponential distribution. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1470:MRSDAZ>2.0.CO;2 |
It is part of: | Journal of Applied Meteorology, 1997, vol. 36, p. 1470-1479 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/99189 |
Related resource: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1470:MRSDAZ>2.0.CO;2 |
ISSN: | 0894-8763 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Física Aplicada) |
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