Origin of diversity in falling snow

This paper presents a systematic way to examine the origin of variety in falling snow. First, we define shape diversity as the logarithm of the number of possible distinguishable crystal forms for a given resolution and set of conditions, and then we examine three sources of diversity. Two sources a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: J. Nelson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2008-09-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/8/5669/2008/acp-8-5669-2008.pdf