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All about how raindrops form and fall. Featuring Professor Mike Merrifield.
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Papers from this video...

STUDIES OF RAINDROPS AND RAINDROP PHENOMENA
ftp://ftp.library.noaa.gov/docs.lib/htdocs/rescue/mwr/032/mwr-032-10-0450.pdf

THE DISTRIBUTION OF RAINDROPS WITH SIZE
journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0469%281948%29005%3C0165%3ATDORWS%3E2.0.CO%3B2

Single-drop fragmentation determines size distribution of raindrops
10.1038/nphys1340

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