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Science 15 November 1974:
Vol. 186. no. 4164, pp. 632 - 634
DOI: 10.1126/science.186.4164.632
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Ice Crystal Concentration in Cumulus Clouds: Influence of the Drop Spectrum

S. C. Mossop 1 and J. Hallett 2

1 Division of Cloud Physics, CSIRO, Epping, New South Wales 2121, Australia
2 Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada System, Reno 89507

Secondary ice crystals are thrown off when supercooled cloud drops are captured and freeze on a moving target in a cloud at —5°C. The rate of production of these ice crystals is proportional to the rate of accretion of drops of the diameter ge24 micrometers.


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