Statistical collapse of stratiform and convective drop diameter distributions at the ground
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[1] The probability density function of the drop diameter at the ground is investigated during stratiform and convective precipitation intervals at Darwin, Australia. We show how, after a renormalization procedure of the drop diameter, the empirical probability density functions of both types of precipitation collapse in a single curve, indicating the possible existence of an invariant distribution of the drop diameter at the ground. Citation: Ignaccolo, M., and C. De Michele (2010), Statistical collapse of stratiform and convective drop diameter distributions at the ground, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L24402, doi:10.1029/2010GL045454.
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