Analysis of Measured Drop Size Spectra over Land and Sea

Retrieval of Aerosol Properties over Land and over Sea

Aerosols affect, among others, climate [1], air quality [2], health [3], and electro-optical observations. Examples of the latter are the effect of aerosols on the retrievals of surface properties from satellite observations, or the degradation of electro-optical systems used, e.g., for military purposes. Both effects are due to the extinction of radiation at wavelengths from the UV, through th...

language learning strategies and vocabulary size of iranian efl learners

learning a second or foreign language requires the manipulation of four main skills, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing which lead to effective communication. it is obvious that vocabulary is an indispensible part of any communication, so without a vocabulary, no meaningful communication can take place and meaningful communication relies heavily on vocabulary. one fundamental fac...

Mean Drop Size and Drop Size Distribution in a Hanson Mixer-Settler Extraction Column

Drop size distributions of tropical rain over south India

Drop size distributions (DSD) associated with tropical rainfall at Cuddalore in the south-eastern part of India have been measured by a JossWaldvogel disdrometer (RD–80 model) during September to November 2002. The rainfall data corrected for instrumental error, matches very well with rainfall rates measured by a self recording raingauge, at the same site. For further analysis of the DSD, the r...

On the Variability of Drop Size Distributions over Areas

Past studies of the variability of drop size distributions (DSDs) have used moments of the distribution such as the mass-weighted mean drop size as proxies for the entire size distribution. In this study, however, the authors separate the total number of dropsNt from theDSD leaving the probability size distributions (PSDs); that is, DSD5Nt3 PSD. The variability of the PSDs are then considered u...