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4 Q. Why are cloud droplets larger over the ocean?

5 Most collide on forward edge Some collide on backside Terminal velocity: Almost 10 m/s for largest raindrops

6 Q. Why can a cumuliform cloud produce heavier precipitation than a stratiform cloud?

7 Supercooled water droplets

8 Ice forms directly on ice nuclei Promote freezing of supercooled droplets (contact nuclei)

9 Higher saturation vapour pressure Ice crystals grow at the expense of water droplets

10 Riming causes snow pellets (graupel) -supercooled droplets freeze on contact Snowflakes form through aggregation

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13 Source: Desert Research Institute, Nevada, USA Source: North Dakota Cloud Modification Project, USA

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45 Remember the paper cup experiment

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57 Sonic transducers SOUND WAVES DETERMINE WIND SPEED, DIRECTION & TEMPERATURE

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60 http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/rmfres/fendrift.html

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80 Also SW Ontario

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84 VANCOUVERLETHBRIDGE 8°C8°C 12°C X X Cooling At MALR 6°C/km Warming At DALR 10 °C/km Cooling At DALR 10 °C/km Cooling At MALR 6°C/km Warming At DALR 10 °C/km More sensible heat

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