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disdrometer

[diz′dräm·əd·ər]

(engineering)

Equipment designed to measure and record the size distribution of raindrops as they occur in the atmosphere.

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The types of disdrometers used included the Parsivel-2, the Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD), and a Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP).

THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS EXPERIMENT (OLYMPEX)

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j]) from the disdrometer data is the number of raindrops per cubic meter per millimetre diameter ([mm.

The critical diameters for rainfall attenuation in Southern Africa

Tropical rainfall associated with convective and stratiform clouds: Intercomparison of disdrometer and profiler measurements.

Caracteristicas temporales y espaciales de los patrones de precipitaciones en la sierra norte del Peru. Un estudio de caso de las transiciones de La Nina a El Nino desde 2005 a 2010

The disdrometer uses two video cameras to record the shape and size distribution of individual raindrops.

From wind to water

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The Joss-Waldvogel disdrometer set up at the centre is connected to a terminal computer which records 1-minute integration time data.

Rain cell sizing for the design of high capacity radio link systems in South Africa

Supplemental CAST instrumentation included up to twicedaily radiosonde launches, three high-resolution radars, a ceilometer, a disdrometer, soil moisture sensors, and an aerosol speciation sampler, all on the western side of the island.

The convection, aerosol, and synoptic-effects in the tropics (CAST) experiment: building an understanding of multiscale impacts on Caribbean weather via field campaigns

the Tumbesian dry forest, the mountain rain forest, and the Andean Paramo highlands), each radar area received one dedicated disdrometer site (Table 3).

RadarNet-Sur first weather radar network in tropical high mountains: a cost-effective X-band weather radar network was installed in the high Andes of southern Ecuador to complement an existing sparse rain gauge network in areas frequently affected by El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) precipitation hazards

Disdrometer measurements at the T3 site are shown in Fig.

The Green Ocean Amazon experiment (GoAmazon2014/5) observes pollution affecting gases, aerosols, clouds, and rainfall over the rain forest: the susceptibility of air quality, weather, terrestrial ecosystems, and climate to human activities was investigated in a tropical environment

More facilities will be used during the SCMREX 2016-18 field campaigns, including a two-dimensional video disdrometer (2DVD; Schonhuber et al.

The Southern China monsoon rainfall experiment (SCMREX): a unique program is developed for improving heavy rainfall forecasts over southern China during the presummer rainy season through field campaigns and research on physical mechanisms and convection-permitting modeling

Some PISA units also included a ceilometer, disdrometer, eddy correlation flux probes, an acoustic sodar, and tethersondes.