University of Central Florida STARS Faculty Bibliography 2000s Faculty Bibliography 1-1-2008 Raindrop size distribution measurements in tropical cyclones Ali Tokay Paul G. Bashor Emad Habib Takis Kasparis University of Central Florida Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000 University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Bibliography at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Bibliography 2000s by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Recommended Citation Tokay, Ali; Bashor, Paul G.; Habib, Emad; and Kasparis, Takis, "Raindrop size distribution measurements in tropical cyclones" (2008). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 1060. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/1060 MAY 2008 TOKAY ET AL. 1669 Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements in Tropical Cyclones ALI TOKAY Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland PAUL G. BASHOR Computer Sciences Corporation, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia EMAD HABIB Department of Civil Engineering, and Center for Louisiana Water Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana TAKIS KASPARIS School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida (Manuscript received 14 December 2006, in final form 31 May 2007) ABSTRACT Characteristics of the raindrop size distribution in seven tropical cyclones have been studied through impact-type disdrometer measurements at three different sites during the 2004–06 Atlantic hurricane sea- sons. One of the cyclones has been observed at two different sites. High concentrations of small and/or midsize drops were observed in the presence or absence of large drops.