Precipitation and hail formation mechanisms in a Colorado storm.

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Abstract

Hail growth mechanisms in a Colorado multicellular hailstorm were investigated through use of dual-wavelength radar data, 3-dimensional wind field data, in situ aircraft measurements, and trajectory calculations. Peak hail production resulted when graupel particles and hailstones which grew within the updraft region of a feeder cell were advected in the wind field and fell into the main updraft region where they continued to grow. -from Author

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)469-476
Number of pages8
JournalJournal de Recherches Atmospheriques
Volume14
Issue number3-4
StatePublished - 1981

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