Title :
Size distribution and snowfall rate dependence for snow particles
Author :
Kitayama, Hiroyuki ; Kubo, Mamoru ; Nurzynska, Karolina ; Muramoto, Ken-ichiro
Author_Institution :
Div. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan
Abstract :
Snow particle size distributions were observed in Kanazawa, Japan. In this study the relation between snow particle size distribution and snowfall rate were analyzed. Using imaging system to gather snow particle type information allows to create separate size distribution characteristics for each particle type. Considering information concerning the snowfall rate, it was found out that those relations were parallel in case of snowflakes.
Keywords :
hydrological techniques; size measurement; snow; Japan; Kanazawa; imaging system; snow particle information; snow particle size distribution; snow particle snowfall rate; snow particle type; snowflakes; Cameras; Meteorological radar; Radar imaging; Snow; Spatial resolution; graupel; size distribution; snow particle; snowfall rate; snowflake;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2011 Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0714-8
