High Reflectivity Values Observed in Equatorial Warm Showers.
Abstract
Warm rain showers with tops below the freezing level were sampled simultaneously by radar and aircraft operating in the link offset mode. High magnitude radar returns were associated with rain shafts in the showers. Turbulence was either non-existent or very light, and the drop sized obtained by the aircraft showed a bimodal distribution. These data were obtained near Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands using a 4 m Watt, 5 cm radar and aircraft equippped with hydrometeor sizing and counting instrumentation. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 07, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA033896
Entities
People
- Arnold A. Barness Jr.
- Leandro V. Delgado
- Michael J. Kraus
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory