Statistical collapse of stratiform and convective drop diameter distributions at the ground

Abstract

The probability density function of the drop diameter at the ground is investigated during stratiform and convective precipitation intervals at Darwin, Australia. We show how, after a renormalization procedure of the drop diameter, the empirical probability density functions of both types of precipitation collapse in a single curve, indicating the possible existence of an invariant distribution of the drop diameter at the ground. Citation: Ignaccolo, M., and C. De Michele (2010), Statistical collapse of stratiform and convective drop diameter distributions at the ground, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L24402, doi:10.1029/2010GL045454.