Fall Rain

Drop shapes versus fall velocities in rain: 2 contrasting examples

for the 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, September 2011 Drop shapes versus fall velocities in rain: 2 contrasting examples M. Thurai, V.N. Bringi, W.A. Petersen, L.D. Carey, P.N. Gatlin, and A. Tokay Dept. of Electrical & Computer Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO NASA/MSFC, NSSTC, Huntsville, AL University of Alabama in Huntsville, NSSTC, Huntsville, AL JCET/Uni...

Seasonal Analysis and Prediction of Rain- Fall Effects in Eastern South Africa at Mi- Crowave Frequencies

Network fade countermeasures for link budget can be better implemented based on the knowledge of seasonal variability of rainfall attenuation in a locality. Therefore, in this study, a seasonal approach is applied to estimate the effects of spatial rainfall attenuation in Durban (29◦52’S, 30◦58’E), South Africa using twoyear rainfall data obtained from the RD-80 Joss-Waldvogel (J-W) distrometer...

Effect of Tree-Fall Gaps on Fruit-Feeding Nymphalid Butterfly Assemblages in a Peruvian Rain Forest

Towards the Use of X-band Dual Polarimetric Radar Rain- Fall Estimates in Urban Hydrology

Cities’ vulnerability to extreme rainfall is increasing due to urbanization, increase of imperviousness, implementation of complex network of infrastructures, and alteration of precipitation patterns as an effect of climate change. More severe and more frequent storms are expected, having a strong impact in urban catchments, which will become more prone to floods. Because of the short duration ...

"Why does rain fall?": children prefer to learn from an informant who uses noncircular explanations.

These two studies explored 3- and 5-year-olds' evaluation of noncircular and circular explanations, and their use of such explanations to determine informant credibility. Although 5-year-olds demonstrated a selective preference for noncircular over circular explanations (Experiment 1: Long Explanations; Experiment 2: Short Explanations), 3-year-olds only demonstrated a preference for the noncir...