The Relationship betweenN0and Λ for Marshall-Palmer Type Raindrop-Size Distributions
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- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
- Vol. 23 (5) , 768-771
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1984)023<0768:trbafm>2.0.co;2
Abstract
For raindrop-size distributions of the form ND = N0e−ΛD, where ND is the number of drops of diameter D per unit volume per unit increment in drop diameter, the parameters N0 and Λ cannot be specified independently as functions of rainfall rate R. A universal relationship exists between Λ and R/N0 for such distributions as established by Ulbrich and Atlas. The relationship is further examined and expanded in this paper. The results are presented graphically and the self-consistency of empirically derived drop-size distributions examined.Keywords
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