| contributor author | Battan, Louis J. | |
| contributor author | Theiss, John B. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T17:23:10Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T17:23:10Z | |
| date copyright | 1972/09/01 | |
| date issued | 1972 | |
| identifier issn | 0021-8952 | |
| identifier other | ams-8426.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4227578 | |
| description abstract | Observations of Doppler spectra from particles 610 m above the ground were obtained by means of a vertically pointing X-band radar during a period when large hail was falling at the ground. It was found that the variance of the Doppler spectrum was a fairly good indicator of maximum hailstone sizes. Calculations of ice-particle size spectra were made on the basis of assumptions of particle shape, composition and fallspeed. The many assumptions needed to bring calculated ice-sphere spectra into approximate conformity with observations indicates the complexity of this procedure and the need for at least another independent observation of a property of the hailstones. Measurements of depolarization might yield an independent estimate of particle shape. It is concluded that the pronounced minima in the backscattering curves of large ice spheres should serve as an independent indicator of the speed of vertical air motions. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Observed Doppler Spectra of Hail | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 11 | |
| journal issue | 6 | |
| journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1972)011<1001:ODSOH>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 1001 | |
| journal lastpage | 1007 | |
| tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1972:;volume( 011 ):;issue: 006 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
