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Observations of rain from non‐freezing clouds
Author(s) -
Smith E. J.,
Priestley C. H. B.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49707733104
Subject(s) - liquid water content , meteorology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , drop (telecommunication) , radar , geology , cloud physics , geography , cloud computing , telecommunications , computer science , operating system
A description is given of observations made in south‐east Australia of medium and heavy rain falling from clouds which were everywhere warmer than 0°C. Detailed observations were made visually from aircraft and these were supplemented by measurements of the radar echo intensities and drop size spectra within the clouds. The clouds were all deep cumulus and were over or near the sea. Great concentrations of relatively large water drops were observed in the upper levels of the clouds.