- clouds, haze, fog, and mist, are
composed of
hydrometeors. All
precipitation types are made up of
hydrometeors by definition,
including virga,
which is precipitation...
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definition of Z
above shows that a
large number of
small hydrometeors will
reflect as one
large hydrometeor. The
signal returned to the
radar will be equivalent...
- to
hydrometeor fallout is a
second proposed formation mechanism. As
hydrometeors fall into the dry sub-cloud air, the air
containing the precipitation...
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mixing ratio of the
hydrometeors.
Hydrometeor loading has a net-negative
effect on the
atmospheric buoyancy equations. As the
hydrometeor falls toward the...
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instrument used to
measure the drop size
distribution and
velocity of
falling hydrometeors. Some
disdrometers can
distinguish between rain, graupel, and hail. The...
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minority of the
hydrometeors is
falling faster or
slower as the mean
Doppler velocity if the
Doppler spectrum is
dominated by
small hydrometeors (slower than...
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spectral range. This
means components like dry gases,
water vapor, or
hydrometeors interact with
microwave radiation but
overall even the
cloudy atmosphere...
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water clouds become electrified from
colliding ice
crystals and
other hydrometeors.
Volcanic plumes can also
carry abundant water. This
water is sourced...
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small droplets on the surface. This
process distinguishes dew from
those hydrometeors (meteorological
occurrences of water),
which form
directly in air that...
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Polarimetric radar can
discern meteorological and
nonmeteorological hydrometeors and the co-location of a PTDS with the
enhanced reflectivity of a debris...
