Large deviation analysis of rapid onset of rain showers

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.116.018501MaRDI QIDQ2960679zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Michael Wilkinson

Publication date 17 February 2017

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.02807

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Large deviations (60F10) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10)

Abstract: Rainfall from ice-free cumulus clouds requires collisions of large numbers of microscopic droplets to create every raindrop. The onset of rain showers can be surprisingly rapid, much faster than the mean time required for a single collision. Large-deviation theory is used to explain this observation.

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