Raindrop size distribution and terminal velocity for rainfall erosivity studies. A review

MA Serio, FG Carollo, V Ferro - Journal of Hydrology, 2019 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the rainfall drop size distribution (DSD) at the land surface is essential for
understanding precipitation mechanisms affecting soil erosion processes. Rainfall erosivity …

A survey of free space optics (FSO) communication systems, links, and networks

SA Al-Gailani, MFM Salleh, AA Salem… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next generation (NG) optical technologies will unveil certain unique features, namely
ultra-high data rate, broadband multiple services, scalable bandwidth, and flexible …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the characteristics of rainfall simulators in soil erosion research studies

T Koch, P Chifflard, P Aartsma, K Panten - MethodsX, 2024 - Elsevier
Rainfall simulators are widely employed in soil erosion studies, and it is common for these
simulators to be customized to address specific research questions. Nevertheless, there are …

[SÁCH][B] Physics and modelling of wind erosion

Y Shao - 2008 - Springer
The purpose of develo** an integrated wind-erosion modelling system (IWEMS) is to
produce quantitative predictions of wind erosion on scales from local to global. The system …

Raindrop size distribution in different climatic regimes from disdrometer and dual-polarized radar analysis

VN Bringi, V Chandrasekar, J Hubbert… - Journal of the …, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
The application of polarimetric radar data to the retrieval of raindrop size distribution
parameters and rain rate in samples of convective and stratiform rain types is presented …

Influences of weather phenomena on automotive laser radar systems

RH Rasshofer, M Spies, H Spies - Advances in radio science, 2011 - ars.copernicus.org
Laser radar (lidar) sensors provide outstanding angular resolution along with highly
accurate range measurements and thus they were proposed as a part of a high performance …

The concept of “normalized” distribution to describe raindrop spectra: A tool for cloud physics and cloud remote sensing

J Testud, S Oury, RA Black… - Journal of Applied …, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
The shape of the drop size distribution (DSD) reflects the physics of rain. The DSD is the
result of the microphysical processes that transform the condensed water into rain. The …

Cloud droplet size distributions in low-level stratiform clouds

NL Miles, J Verlinde… - Journal of the atmospheric …, 2000 - journals.ametsoc.org
A database of stratus cloud droplet (diameter< 50 μ m) size distribution parameters, derived
from in situ data reported in the existing literature, was created, facilitating intercomparison …

Analysis of rain and snow in frequency space

PC Barnum, S Narasimhan, T Kanade - International journal of computer …, 2010 - Springer
Dynamic weather such as rain and snow causes complex spatio-temporal intensity
fluctuations in videos. Such fluctuations can adversely impact vision systems that rely on …

Rainfall microphysics and radar properties: Analysis methods for drop size spectra

CW Ulbrich, D Atlas - Journal of Applied Meteorology, 1998 - journals.ametsoc.org
Analyses are performed of experimental drop size spectra to explore the relationships
among integral parameters for rain. The data used in this work were acquired with an …