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On the Size Distribution of Raindrops in Hurricane Ginger

Francis J. Merceret National Hurricane Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Fla. 33124

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01 Oct 1974
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1974)102<0714:OTSDOR>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
714–716
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Abstract

Airborne foil impactor measurements in Atlantic Hurricane Ginger (1971) show a raindrop size spectrum which is well represented by an exponential relation of the Marshall-Palmer type. No difference was observed between the spectral characteristics of the rainbands and those of the eyewall, but some dependence of the slope-rainfall rate relation on rainwater content was noted.

Abstract

Airborne foil impactor measurements in Atlantic Hurricane Ginger (1971) show a raindrop size spectrum which is well represented by an exponential relation of the Marshall-Palmer type. No difference was observed between the spectral characteristics of the rainbands and those of the eyewall, but some dependence of the slope-rainfall rate relation on rainwater content was noted.

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