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Freezing Fragmentation – Explosive Origins of “Secondary” Ice and Snow – SciTechDaily
Definitive, real-world evidence for “freezing fragmentation” of drizzle as a major source of ice in slightly supercooled clouds has important implications for forecasting…
Data collected at the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) atmospheric observatory in Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska, indicate that shattering drizzle droplets play a major role in the formation of “secondary” ice in mixed-phase clouds. The results will improve how these cloud processes are represented in computational models used to forecast climate and local snowfall. Credit: ARM user facility
Definitive, real-world evidence for “freezing fragmentation” of drizzle as a major…
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