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Raindrop Size Distribution

Raindrop Size Distribution is a statistical construct that characterizes the frequency distribution of raindrop diameters per unit volume within a precipitation system, distinguishing it from other microphysical representations by quantifying the abundance of specific drop sizes critical to understanding warm rain processes in tropical marine environments.

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229

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Drop Size Distribution

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THE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINDROPS WITH SIZE

J. S. Marshall, W. Mc K. Palmer · Journal of Meteorology · 1948 · 3.7K citations · Full text

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On the collision of drops in turbulent clouds

P. G. Saffman, J. Scott Turner · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1956 · 1.4K citations

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Natural Variations in the Analytical Form of the Raindrop Size Distribution

Carlton W. Ulbrich · Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology · 1983 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Doppler radar characteristics of precipitation at vertical incidence

David Atlas, R. C. Srivastava, R. S. Sekhon · Reviews of Geophysics · 1973 · 956 citations

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The relation of raindrop‐size to intensity

Jason Laws, Donald A. Parsons · Transactions American Geophysical Union · 1943 · 931 citations

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  1. VN
    V. N. Bringi

    Colorado State University, United States

    32 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. AT
    Ali Tokay

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    28 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. VC
    V. Chandrasekar

    Colorado State University, United States

    29 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. MT
    Merhala Thurai

    Colorado State University, United States

    25 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. RU
    R. Uijlenhoet

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    26 publications · 1.6K citations

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629

  1. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    40 h-index

    145 publications

    12.2K citations

  2. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    36 h-index

    101 publications

    7.6K citations

  3. University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    Baltimore, United States

    29 h-index

    48 publications

    3.3K citations

  4. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    29 h-index

    59 publications

    6.4K citations

  5. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    23 h-index

    47 publications

    3K citations

  6. China Meteorological Administration

    Beijing, China

    22 h-index

    121 publications

    4K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    21 h-index

    86 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    20 h-index

    39 publications

    9.9K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    99 publications · 7.2K citations

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  2. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

    94 publications · 7K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Meteorology

    55 publications · 5.2K citations

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  4. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

    JAMC · 52 publications · 3K citations

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  5. Atmospheric Research

    46 publications · 2K citations

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