Power law in raindrop size distribution

Authors

Mary Jacquiline Romero ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Edward Carlo Samson ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
May Lim ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Johnrob Bantang ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman
Caesar Saloma ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

We propose a simple agent-based model for the formation of raindrops. We show that the drop size distribution obtained from simulation follows a truncated power law. This result agrees with the gamma distribution widely accepted as a description for observed drop sizes, showing that the model employed is sufficient to describe the mechanism involved in raindrop formation.

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Published

2003-10-22

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2003: Proceedings of the 21st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress

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Environmental Physics

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MJ Romero, EC Samson, M Lim, J Bantang, and C Saloma, Power law in raindrop size distribution, in Proceedings of the 21st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Congress (Philippines, 2003), SPP-2003-1H-04. URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2003-1H-04

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