disdrometer
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Noun
[edit]disdrometer (plural disdrometers)
- An instrument used to measure the drop-size distribution and velocity of falling hydrometeors.
- 2009 May, Leora Frankel, “Funnel Vision”, in Corey S. Powell, Patrice G. Adcroft, Michael F. Di Ioia, editors, Discover, page 39:
- The scale and logistics of Vortex2 are enormous. Some 30 vehicles will participate, including 10 mobile radar trucks, four weather-balloon launchers, and two vehicles bearing a total of four disdrometers (to measure the size distribution of rain or hail).