Freezing Fragmentation – Explosive Origins of “Secondary” Ice and Snow – SciTechDaily

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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