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The washout of lycopodium spores by rain
Author(s) -
May F. G.
Publication year - 1958
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.49708436214
Subject(s) - washout , lycopodium , allowance (engineering) , spore , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geology , biology , physics , botany , engineering , mechanical engineering
This report describes the determination of the washout coefficient of lycopodium spores by rain. The experimental results are in good agreement with those obtained theoretically by Chamberlain (1953) after allowance has been made for the varying raindrop spectra of different types of rain.