The Shape–Slope Relation in Observed Gamma Raindrop Size Distributions: Statistical Error or Useful Information?

By Guifu Zhang, Jothiram Vivekanandan, Edward Brandes, R. Meneghini, T. Kozu. 2003

246 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering

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In Aerospace Engineering

1. C. Schmitt
2. A. Bansemer
3. Andrew J. Heymsfield

In Atmospheric Science

1. Guifu Zhang
2. Edward Brandes
3. Qing Cao
4. Terry Schuur
5. Jothiram Vivekanandan
6. Roger W. Johnson
7. C. Schmitt
8. Donna Kliche

In Environmental Engineering

1. Guifu Zhang
2. Edward Brandes
3. Qing Cao
4. Terry Schuur
5. Roger W. Johnson
6. Jothiram Vivekanandan
7. Donna Kliche
8. Paul L. Smith

Citations in the corpus

• Drop Size Distribution Retrieval with Polarimetric Radar: Model and Application (2004, background): “This issue is addressed by Zhang et al. (2003), who show that the m–”
• Estimation of Gamma Raindrop Size Distribution Parameters: Statistical Fluctuations and Estimation Errors (2009, methodology): “Zhang et al. (2003) provided a detailed analysis of the errors arising from moment estimators, confirming that small errors introduced into the latter can lead to large and highly correlated standard errors in the shape (m̂) and slope (L̂) estimators.”
• Microphysics of Raindrop Size Spectra: Tropical Continental and Maritime Storms (2007, methodology): “The method of calculating the DSD parameters is described by Zhang et al. (2003).”
• L-Moment Estimators as Applied to Gamma Drop Size Distributions (2008, background): “…and Chidambaram, 1985; Chandrasekar and Bringi, 1987; Kozu and Nakamura, 1991; Haddad et al., 1996; Tokay and Short, 1996; Ulbrich and Atlas, 1998; Zhang et al., 2003), although measurements of RSDs show that even the gamma distribution is not general enough to adequately represent the full range…”
• The Bias and Error in Moment Estimators for Parameters of Drop Size Distribution Functions: Sampling from Gamma Distributions (2006, background): “Nevertheless, the “fitd” parameters are still correlated with each ther; Zhang et al. (2003) noted this type of corretion between parameters c te o λ̂ μ̂ la and and it also ppears in these simulations.”
• Polarimetric Radar Rain Estimation through Retrieval of Drop Size Distribution Using a Bayesian Approach (2010, methodology): “Assuming the DSD follows a gamma distribution, DSD parameters estimated by the moment method would have a bias (e.g., Zhang et al. 2003; Smith et al. 2009); however, considering the model error (i.e., a nongamma DSD) and measurement error, Cao and Zhang (2009) have demonstrated that the method…”
• Ice Cloud Particle Size Distributions and Pressure-Dependent Terminal Velocities from In Situ Observations at Temperatures from 0° to −86°C (2013, background): “9a)—a feature that has been explained by Zhang et al. (2003) for raindrops.”