scholarly journals The Latitudinal Variability of Oceanic Rainfall Properties and Its Implication for Satellite Retrievals: 2. The Relationships Between Radar Observables and Drop Size Distribution Parameters

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (23) ◽  
pp. 13312-13324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Protat ◽  
Christian Klepp ◽  
Valentin Louf ◽  
Walter A. Petersen ◽  
Simon P. Alexander ◽  
...  
Author(s):  
Carlos Del Castillo-Velarde ◽  
Shailendra Kumar ◽  
Jairo M. Valdivia-Prado ◽  
Aldo S. Moya-Álvarez ◽  
Jose Luis Flores-Rojas ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 204-216
Author(s):  
Adéchinan A. Joseph ◽  
Moumouni Sounmaïla ◽  
Guédjé K. François ◽  
Houngninou B. Etienne

This paper analyses for the first time in tropical area, the relationship between lightning and DSD (Drop Size Distribution) parameters on rainy events that occurred during the monsoon period. The Lightning data used are collected by the LINET (Lightning Detection Network) while the DSD data were recorded by a distrometer. The correlation was computed within five circles of radius varying between  to  with a step of . These consecutive areas are centered on the position of the disdrometer. By taking into account only the convective spectra and remove out of the data the cases where there is rain without any lightning and vice versa, all data was computed with a time scale of one minute during each of the rainy events .The results showed that the exponential and polynomial laws fit better our data than the power and linear laws. The highest correlation coefficients are obtained within a radius of about 20 km around the distrometer location. The correlation between the parameter  and  is the most stable with a correlation coefficient equal to .


2008 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Caracciolo ◽  
F. Porcù ◽  
F. Prodi

Abstract. 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 events was collected: they underwent microphysical analysis by computing the Z-R relationships, observing the average DSDs and DSD parameters, fitting the real distribution for different rainfall rate categories and applying convective (C) – stratiform (S) discrimination algorithms. A general agreement with past works at mid-latitudes is found both in the Z-R relationship and in DSD parameters. The rain distribution is well described by a gamma DSD and only in some cases (especially the light rain events) by an exponential DSD. Marked differences are observed in DSD parameters and Z-R relationships between C and S episodes. The use of disdrometers for areas covered by multiparametric radar is suggested and will be performed in the near future.


2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Saleem Awan ◽  
Roberto Nebuloni ◽  
Carlo Capsoni ◽  
László Csurgai-Horváth ◽  
Sajid Sheikh Muhammad ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 143 ◽  
pp. 438-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.K. Koffi ◽  
M. Gosset ◽  
E.-P. Zahiri ◽  
A.D. Ochou ◽  
M. Kacou ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 124 (23) ◽  
pp. 13291-13311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Protat ◽  
Christian Klepp ◽  
Valentin Louf ◽  
Walter A. Petersen ◽  
Simon P. Alexander ◽  
...  

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 232-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Prabhakar ◽  
G. Sriniketan ◽  
Y. B. G. Varma

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