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contributor authorBeard, K. V.
contributor authorJameson, A. R.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:23:40Z
date available2017-06-09T14:23:40Z
date copyright1983/02/01
date issued1983
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-18516.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4154530
description abstractA theory for canting has been developed from the response of raindrops to shear produced by homogeneous, isotropic turbulence. The model predicts small canting angles, with the tangent of the angle having a Gaussian probability distribution about a mean value of zero. Previous reports of large canting angles above the surface layer were based upon interpretations of microwave measurements which were found to be sensitive to the assumed drop shapes and size distributions. However, past measurements using a circular polarization radar technique, sensitive to canting but not to drop shapes and distributions, yielded a narrow distribution of canting angles with a mean near zero in agreement with theoretical expectations.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleRaindrop Canting
typeJournal Paper
journal volume40
journal issue2
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1983)040<0448:RC>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage448
journal lastpage454
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1983:;Volume( 040 ):;issue: 002
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