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van den Brule, Yannick (author)The knowledge of the raindrop size distribution is key for characterizing precipitation. It is however still a challenge to retrieve it with radars. Several polarimetric and spectral techniques are proposed for cm-wavelength radars (weather radars). What about the mm-wavelength radars (cloud radars), which have a better spatial and time...master thesis 2022
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Gatidis, C. (author), Schleiss, M.A. (author), Unal, C.M.H. (author), Russchenberg, H.W.J. (author)The adequacy of the gamma model to describe the variability of raindrop size distributions (DSD) is studied using observations from an optical disdrometer. Model adequacy is checked using a combination of Kolmogorov–Smirnov goodness-of-fit test and Kullback–Leibler divergence and the sensitivity of the results to the sampling resolution is...journal article 2020
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De Villiers, Didier (author)Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to climate change. This is largely driven by the dependence on rain fed agriculture for food production. At the same time African climate observational networks have been in decline since the 1990s. A new kind of rainfall sensor (the intervalometer), which counts the arrival...master thesis 2019
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Mercieca, Edward (author)In Liquid Rocket Engine (LRE) design, knowledge of how the propellant atomization quality varies with respect to some injector design variables would be useful in predicting LRE performance. Three spray characteristics were chosen as a measure of Atomization quality: the Sauter Mean Diameter (SMD), the drop size distribution, and the cone angle....master thesis 2017
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Honingh, D.F. (author)Additional thesis - Rapid advancements in satellite observation technologies have resulted in an unprecedented availability of remotely sensed rainfall characteristics. These freely available precipitation measurements could be of great value for improving current weather prediction, particularly in developing countries where other data is...student report 2016