Abstract: Reports of hailstones larger than those indicated by hailpad observations being found on the ground around the hailpad sites raise questions about the validity of maximum-size determinations. Data from the Grossversuch IV ...

Abstract: A classification of the degree of riming of snow crystals is established, based on a visual rating and expressed on a scale ranging from 0 (unrimed) to 5 (graupel). For 84 individual snow crystals collected from six cases ...

Abstract: The characteristics of the so-called ?radar-identified big drop zones? (rBDZ) have been investigated. The study employs radar observations of several thunderstorms and simultaneous microphysical and vertical wind measurements ...

Abstract: A comparison is made between the evolution of raindrop spectra as measured at stations in the Swiss Alps separated by vertical distances of the order of 600 m, with that modeled in an axisymmetrical model including detailed ...