Rain drop measurement techniques: A review

Gopinath Kathiravelu; Terry Lucke; Peter Nichols

doi:10.3390/w8010029

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Rain drop measurement techniques: A review

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Rain drop measurement techniques: A review

Gopinath Kathiravelu, Terry Lucke and Peter Nichols

Water, Vol.8(1), 29

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w8010029

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Abstract

raindrop measurement techniques

impact and optical disdrometers

laser precipitation monitor

pluviometer

For over a century there have been many studies that describe the use of rain drop measurement techniques. Initial manual measurement methods evolved due to improved technology to include photographic and, more recently, automated disdrometer and laser measurement techniques. Despite these numerous studies, there have been few comparative reviews of the range of methodologies, and their relative performance. This review explores the raindrop measurement techniques available, and summarizes and classifies the techniques according to the method or principle involved. The requirements of a robust raindrop measurement technique are suggested, and these are reviewed against existing rain drop measurement techniques to provide a comparative guide to the use of the range of techniques available for any research study. This review revealed that while advances in technology have allowed many of the deficiencies of early techniques to be eliminated, challenges remain in relation to the precision of the measurement of the size, shape, and velocity of rain drops.

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Title: Rain drop measurement techniques: A review
Authors: Gopinath Kathiravelu (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Terry Lucke (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Peter Nichols (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Water, Vol.8(1), 29; 20
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.3390/w8010029
ISSN: 2073-4441
Copyright note: Copyright © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449285402621
Output Type: Journal article

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