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contributor authorWaldvogel, Albert
contributor authorKlein, Laszlo
contributor authorMusil, Dennis J.
contributor authorSmith, Paul L.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:01:51Z
date available2017-06-09T14:01:51Z
date copyright1987/08/01
date issued1987
identifier issn0733-3021
identifier otherams-11193.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4146394
description abstractThe 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 with a penetrating T-28 aircraft. The comparison of aircraft-measured vertical wind and radar data revealed good coincidence between rBDZs and updraft regions, indicating that this part of the seeding hypothesis upon which Grossversuch IV was based is reasonable. The microphysical observations of rBDZs, however, show large concentrations of ice particles and practically no supercooled raindrops indicating that the latter do not play a significant role in the development of hail in the Swiss storms. There is no reason to believe that directing seeding material into such regions where natural ice already exists in great abundance will have any significant effect an the hail process.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleCharacteristics of Radar-Identified Big Drop Zones in Swiss Hailstorms
typeJournal Paper
journal volume26
journal issue8
journal titleJournal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0450(1987)026<0861:CORIBD>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage861
journal lastpage877
treeJournal of Climate and Applied Meteorology:;1987:;Volume( 026 ):;Issue: 008
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