Articles | Volume 23, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4737-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-4737-2019
Research article
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19 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2019

Effect of disdrometer type on rain drop size distribution characterisation: a new dataset for south-eastern Australia

Adrien Guyot, Jayaram Pudashine, Alain Protat, Remko Uijlenhoet, Valentijn R. N. Pauwels, Alan Seed, and Jeffrey P. Walker

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We characterised for the first time the rainfall microphysics for Southern Hemisphere temperate latitudes. Co-located instruments were deployed to provide information on the sampling effect and spatio-temporal variabilities at micro scales. Substantial differences were found across the instruments, increasing with increasing values of the rain rate. Specific relations for reflectivity–rainfall are presented together with related uncertainties for drizzle and stratiform and convective rainfall.