Precipitation classification at mid-latitudes in terms of drop size distribution parameters

Precipitation classification at mid-latitudes in terms of drop size distribution parameters

The drop size distribution (DSD) is a fundamental property of rainfall because the shape of the distribution reflects the physics of rain formation processes. Given the lack of studies on the DSD at mid-latitudes, the present work focuses on the microphysical characterization of precipitation events occurring in Italy, using two different types of disdrometer. A large number of different rain e...

Examination of the – Relation Suggested for Drop Size Distribution Parameters

Raindrop size distributions are often assumed to follow a three-parameter gamma distribution. Since rain intensity retrieval from radar observations is an underdetermined problem, there is great interest in finding physical correlations between the parameters of the gamma distribution. One of the more common approaches is to measure naturally occurring drop size distributions (DSDs) using a dis...

Mean Drop Size and Drop Size Distribution in a Hanson Mixer-Settler Extraction Column

Convective gravity waves at mid-latitudes

Wind-profiler observations of gravity waves produced by convection at mid-latitudes Y. G. Choi, S. C. Lee, A. J. McDonald, and D. A. Hooper Geophysical Prospecting Laboratory, Seoul National University, Korea Department of Physics, Kangnung National University, Korea Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand Rutherford Appleton La...

A new technique for detecting precipitation at mid-latitudes during daytime using Meteosat Second Generation SEVIRI

A new method for the detection of precipitation during daytime using MSG SEVIRI data is proposed. The approach is not only applicable for the detection of mainly convectively induced precipitation by means of the commonly used relation between infrared cloud top temperature and rainfall intensity but enables also the detection of stratiform precipitation (e.g. in connection with mid-latitude fr...