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<br />-26- <br /> <br />Figure 8 is taken from Dennis and Gagin (1977) and illustrates <br /> <br />the growth of rainfall inside a convective storm. <br /> <br /> 5..',", e",", I cj '" <br /> Seeding Ends ~ <br />~ ~ jl <br /> ~ ~ . ~ <br /> ~ " <br /> ~ " <br /> ~ , ~ <br /> '" <br /> ~ ~ <br /> ~ ~ <br /> ~ <br /> ". <br />1810 Z 18 17 Z 1824 Z 1828 Z <br />~ ~ ~ ! <br /> ~ <br />1835 1 1841 Z 1847 Z 1855 Z <br />~ ~ ~ ~ <br />1904 Z 1918 Z 1930 Z 19 45 Z <br /> ~5nml <br /> CJ CJ .. <br /> .. <br /> Greater than Greater than Greater than <br /> .002 in/hr .09 in, hr .45 in,hr <br /> <br />FIGURE 8: Contoured cloud base echoes showing (below) equivalence <br />of contours to rainfall rate obtained from radar cali- <br />bration. Area within each contour is measured and summed <br />over time to give rain volume falling from cloud base <br />(Simpson and Dennis, in Hess, 1974, courtesy of John <br />Wiley and Sons). <br /> <br />~ <br />