Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
A general theoretical expression for the rainfall rate and the total evaporation rate as a function of the distance below cloud base is developed, and is then specialized to the gamma raindrop size distribution. The theoretical framework is used to analyze the data of Rosenfeld and Mintz (1988) on the radar observations of the rainfall rate as a function of the distance below cloud base, for rain falling from continental convective cells in central South Africa, obtaining a parameterization for the evaporation of rainfall.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Monthly Weather Review (ISSN 0027-0644); 116; 1887-189
Format:
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