The Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions in Different Climatological Regions in South Korea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Datasets
2.2. Methodology
3. Results
3.1. Average Drop Size Distributions
3.2. Average Drop Size Distributions with Rain Types
3.3. The Characteristics of Z-R Relationship and Polarimetric Variables
3.4. Raindrop Size Distribution with Wind Direction and Its Hourly Variation
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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BOS | BUS | CPO | JIN | |||||
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Types | Str. | Con | Str. | Con. | Str. | Con. | Str. | Con. |
Dm (mm) | 1.24 | 1.84 | 1.11 | 1.55 | 0.97 | 1.46 | 1.05 | 1.59 |
LogNw (mm−1 m−3) | 3.62 | 3.70 | 3.83 | 4.04 | 4.23 | 4.14 | 3.97 | 4.02 |
Rain rate (mm h−1) | 1.96 | 17.97 | 1.98 | 17.31 | 2.30 | 13.93 | 2.03 | 18.56 |
No. (%) | 11350 (66) | 5884 (34) | 14376 (68) | 6670 (32) | 20209 (71) | 8329 (29) | 12136 (75) | 4062 (25) |
Site | Z-R Relations | ||
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ALL | Convective | Stratiform | |
BOS | R = 0.058Z0.621 | R = 0.075Z0.596 | R = 0.067Z0.591 |
BUS | R = 0.058Z0.641 | R = 0.070Z0.623 | R = 0.067Z0.608 |
CPO | R = 0.106Z0.575 | R = 0.132Z0.548 | R = 0.040Z0.773 |
JIN | R = 0.064Z0.626 | R = 0.080Z0.603 | R = 0.067Z0.612 |
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You, C.-H.; Kim, H.-J.; Suh, S.-H.; Jung, W.; Kang, M.-Y. The Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions in Different Climatological Regions in South Korea. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 5137. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205137
You C-H, Kim H-J, Suh S-H, Jung W, Kang M-Y. The Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions in Different Climatological Regions in South Korea. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(20):5137. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205137
Chicago/Turabian StyleYou, Cheol-Hwan, Hyeon-Joon Kim, Sung-Ho Suh, Woonseon Jung, and Mi-Young Kang. 2022. "The Characteristics of Raindrop Size Distributions in Different Climatological Regions in South Korea" Remote Sensing 14, no. 20: 5137. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205137