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Lawson et al. 1993

Lawson, R.P., Stewart, R.E., Strapp, J.W. and Isaac, G.A. (1993). Aircraft observations of the origin and growth of very large snowflakes. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/92GL02917. issn: 0094-8276.

A new high-volume precipitation probe, capable of optically imaging particles up to about 5 cm, was flown in a winter storm during the second Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP II). Dendritic crystals originating aloft in a region of (weak) convective instability were tracked and observed to aggregate into 4--5 cm snowflakes within an isothermal layer near 0 ¿C. The region containing the very large snowflakes was characterized by high radar reflectivities and rapid accumulation of snow at the surface. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Cloud physics and chemistry, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Instruments and techniques, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Mesoscale meteorology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Precipitation

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Geophysical Research Letters
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