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Research article
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08 Mar 2018
Research article |
| 08 Mar 2018
| 08 Mar 2018
Raindrop fall velocities from an optical array probe and 2-D video disdrometer
Viswanathan Bringi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Merhala Thurai
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Darrel Baumgardner
Droplet Measurements Technologies, Longmont, Colorado, USA
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Short summary
Raindrop fall velocities are important for rain rate estimation, soil erosion studies and in numerical modelling of rain formation in clouds. The assumption that the fall velocity is uniquely related to drop size is made inherently based on laboratory measurements under still air conditions from nearly 68 years ago. There have been very few measurements of drop fall speeds in natural rain under both still and turbulent wind conditions. We report on fall speed measurements in natural rain shafts.
Raindrop fall velocities are important for rain rate estimation, soil erosion studies and in...
