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ICE MULTIPLICATION [1 record]

Record 1 2023-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

[The] mechanism by which the concentration of ice particles in clouds may increase without the action of ice nuclei ...

OBS

[The] fragmentation of ice crystals or ... splintering of an ice shell during the process of water-droplet freezing [are examples of ice multiplication].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Mécanisme par lequel la concentration des particules de glace dans les nuages peut augmenter sans l'action de noyaux glacigènes [...]

OBS

[...] par exemple, par fragmentation des cristaux de glace ou par éclatement de la couche extérieure de glace lors de la congélation de gouttelettes d'eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
DEF

Mecanismo por el cual puede aumentar la concentración de partículas de hielo en las nubes sin la acción de núcleos glaciógenos [...]

OBS

[...] por ejemplo, por fragmentación cristales de hielo o por estallido de la cubierta de hielo durante el proceso de congelación de las gotitas de agua.

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