Comments on Atmospheric Ice Multiplication Mechanisms.

Lloyd Randall Koenig

Expert InsightsPublished 1968

Evidence supports the conclusion that some mechanism occasionally operative in the atmosphere results in ice-crystal concentrations that greatly exceed the concentration of ordinary ice-forming nuclei. No unique circumstances seem to set apart clouds that have an active crystal multiplication process from those that do not, except that fairly large drops may be required for crystal multiplication. It is suggested that a mechanism involving the generation and breakage of whisker-like crystals on larger crystals that have become rimed by large droplets may be a mechanism for the copious production of new crystals. 9 pp. Ref.

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