A new perspective on the raindrop size distribution and its implications for retrievals of light rainfall

Patrick N Gatlin1, Merhala Thurai2, Walter Arthur Petersen3 and Viswanathan N Bringi2, (1)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Science Research and Projects Division, ST-10, Huntsville, AL, United States