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Characteristics of the raindrop size distribution …

[26] In this study, the microphysical characteristics of drop size distributions during a severe hazardous freezing precipitation event were investigated using the PARSIVEL disdrometer data observed in …


Drop size distribution observed by dual-frequency …

This study investigated the drop size distribution (DSD) observed by the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) onboard the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core satellite, which makes the world's first dual-frequency preciptation observations by space-borne radar. Four years have passed since the launch of the GPM core satellite, and ...


Altitudinal and temporal evolution of raindrop size distribution

Rain drop size distribution (DSD) measurements at different heights were made using a micro rain radar (MRR) at Thiruvananthapuram (latitude: 8.3° N, longitude: 76.9° E). Rain DSD data obtained from the MRR have been compared with a Joss–Waldvogel impact-type disdrometer (RD-80) deployed nearby and found to have good agreement.


Remote Sensing | Free Full-Text | Particle Size Distribution …

Because measuring individual particle size remains challenging, the particle size distribution function (PSD) can be used to count particle size frequency in given size classes . The PSD can affect the scattering properties of polydispersion in seawater once a specific size range (lower and upper size) is chosen [ 12, 13 ].


Particle Size Estimation and Distributions

The scattering pattern of a distribution of particle sizes is the same as the sum of the patterns of the individual particles in the distribution. The size distribution is back …


Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions in Chongqing Observed …

This study investigates the characteristics of raindrop size distribution (RSD) including the temporal and spatial variabilities and the summer rain RSD features using 34 Parsivel disdrometers data from Jan. 2015 to Jan. 2016 in Chongqing, an inland municipality in Southwest China. The observed RSDs are fitted with the gamma distribution (N(D) = …


Altitudinal and temporal evolution of raindrop size distribution

evolution of raindrop size distribution observed over a tropical station using a K-band radar, International Journal of R emote Sensing, 33:10, 3286-3300. T o link to this article: ...


Lightning and precipitation: The possible electrical …

The raindrop size distribution (RDSDs) corresponding to the lightning discharges with different discharge strength (magnitude of change of surface electric field, ΔE) observed over the AEO, Pune. The four reported thunderstorms were observed on 22 May, 3–4 June, 2 and 9 September 2008.


Statistical Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions and

Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distribution in the Meiyu season observed in eastern China. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Series II, 91 (2), 215 – 227. https://doi ...


Statistical Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distribution in …

This study investigates the statistical characteristics of raindrop size distributions (DSDs) in monsoon season with observations collected by the second-generation Particle Size and Velocity (Parsivel2) disdrometer located in Zhuhai, southern China. The characteristics are quantified based on convective and stratiform precipitation classified …


Statistical Characteristics of Raindrop Size …

The characteristics of raindrop size distributions (DSDs) and vertical structures of rainfall during the Asian summer monsoon season in East China are studied using measurements from a ground ...


Aerosol size distributions observed at the Seoul …

Abstract. Aerosol size distributions of observed mass concentration and number concentration at the Seoul National University (SNU) campus site in Korea …


Chemical composition and size distributions of coastal aerosols

A typical bimodal mass-size distribution was observed, with the major peak from 0.36 µm to 0.56 µm and the minor one from 3.6 µm to 5.6 µm in diameters. Different individual components showed different mass-size distributions.


Drop size distribution observed by dual-frequency …

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Size distribution of PM20 observed to the north of the …

The mass concentration of dust (PM 20) was measured with a 10-stage quartz crystal microbalance cascade impactor. The results suggested that 91.9% of the particles were less than 1.4 µm on clear-days, and particles of d ≥ 1.4 µm increased to 27.2% with the occurrence of the dust events.


Observed and Bin Model Simulated Evolution of Drop Size Distributions

Comparison of observed (red lines) and modeled (black lines) DSDs from one realization of the CONTROL simulation. Each black line corresponds to an individual droplet size distribution in a model grid volume and includes all grids within 0.5°C of the indicated temperature leg with L c ≥ 0.1 g m −3. Green lines show median values from …


Statistical characteristics of raindrop size …

Research Article. Free Access. Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distributions observed in East China during the Asian …


Aerosol size distributions observed at the Seoul National …

The particle size distribution of the observed mass concentration during the Asian dust period at the SNU site is compared with that observed at the Asian dust source site of Duolun in Inner Mongolia, China. The results indicate that the size distribution of both the mass concentration and the number concentration shows a bi-modal …


Normal Distribution | Examples, Formulas, & Uses

Empirical rule. The empirical rule, or the 68-95-99.7 rule, tells you where most of your values lie in a normal distribution:. Around 68% of values are within 1 standard deviation from the mean. Around 95% of values are within 2 …


(PDF) Variability in Oceanic Particle Size Distributions …

Plain Language Summary The particle size distribution (PSD) describes how the concentration of particles changes with particle size, and it is an important …


Size Distributions

Particle size influences a myriad of processes relevant to the distribution and reactivity of NMs in environmental and biological systems. 3 Size influences the solubility …


Raindrop size distribution of easterly and westerly monsoon

Knowledge of raindrop size distribution (RSD) and its variability is important for understanding the processes associated with precipitation growth–decay, radio communications, microwave remote sensing, and cloud modeling. ... Similar type of distribution was observed by other researchers for continental locations (Niu et al., …


Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distributions …

The equivalent-volume diameters are sorted into size categories of 0.2mm. The range in tabulated raindrop diameters is 0.1–8.1mm (41 bins), and the velocity bin is changed to match the size bin. Vi is obtained by averaging measured particle velocities within that size bin. N(Di)(mm 1 m 3) represents the number concentration of drops with ...


Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions in Chongqing Observed …

An important way to understand the physics of precipitation is to understand particle size distributions, for example, raindrop size distribution (RSD). RSD observations in an inland municipality, Chongqing, China, were collected from …


Experimental study on the evolution of droplets size distribution

the number size distribution can be approximated by a bimodal log-normal size distribution with an aerosol mode centered at 10 0.4 µ m and fog droplet mode centered at 11 µ m.


(PDF) Aerosol size distributions observed at Naiman in the …

Aerosol size distributions of observed mass concentrations at the Naiman site in Inner Mongolia that is one of the major Asian dust source regions have been examined for the period from April 2010 ...


Statistical Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions …

The rain parameters derived from the laser OTT second-generation Particle Size Velocity (Parsivel 2), the two-dimensional video disdrometer (2DVD), and DZZ5 tipping-bucket rain gauge (RG) during the Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE) in summer 2018 are compared.The total rainfall amounts observed by Parsivel, …


Observed size distribution changes in American lobsters …

Introduction. For the commercially fished American lobster, their size distribution is one of the most important life-history traits to determine the reproductive potential and growth of the population [1, 2].Monitoring these distributions is therefore important to develop adequate 2021fishing regulations, given that 50– of the legal …


Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distributions observed …

The characteristics of raindrop size distributions (DSDs) and vertical structures of rainfall during the Asian summer monsoon season in East China are studied using measurements from a ground‐based two‐dimensional video disdrometer (2DVD) and a vertically pointing Micro Rain Radar (MRR). Based on rainfall intensity and vertical …


The Relationship Between Reflectivity and Rainfall Rate From Rain Size

Functional fits to some observed drop size distributions and parameterization of rain. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 41 (9), 1648–1661.