i wonder what the statistical distribution of raindrop sizes is like
are they mostly the same size? or are they spread across a range of sizes? is the variance within a single rainstorm less than that between different rainstorms?
-F
@VoxSomniator i expected this to be a thing someone has probably studied before but i did not expect it would have a wikipedia article
-F
@Felthry @VoxSomniator I had just gotten there and was reading the original paper, the 1948 study!
Well, I can at least offer this: raindrops aren't shaped like the cartoons of raindrops. They don't have a pointy end, and the round end is on top. https://gpm.nasa.gov/education/articles/shape-of-a-raindrop
metaphorical food re: raindrops
@Austin_Dern @Felthry @VoxSomniator I remember us reading that! Spectrum from tiny little balls to small top-half hamburger buns
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@VoxSomniator @Felthry ...Huh. There really is a wiki page for everything.
@Felthry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raindrop_size_distribution !