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Yamaji, M., H. G. Takahashi, T. Kubota, R. Oki, A. Hamada, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2020: 4-year climatology of global drop size distribution and its seasonal variability observed by spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 755-773.
Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2020-038
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Plain Language Summary: Global-scale spatial distributions of rainfall drop size (mean diameter; Dm) are newly obtained by using 4-year accumulated products from the spaceborne precipitation radar. Relationship between Dm and precipitation rate is not a simple one-to-one relationship. Focusing on the seasonal variation in Dm over the northwest Pacific Ocean, the results indicate that the variation in Dm is related to the seasonal change of the dominant precipitation systems.



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