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The Structure and Mechanisms of Hailstorms

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Hail: A Review of Hail Science and Hail Suppression

Part of the book series: Meteorological Monographs ((METEOR,volume 16))

Abstract

The increasing availability of new observational techniques over the last decade has led to a great deal of descriptive material on the structure of hailstorms, much of it fragmentary. In this article we review the current state of knowledge concerning the dynamical and microphysical structure of hailstorms and we attempt to fit it into a coherent framework which recognizes the existence of different types of hailstorms. A storm classification system is presented and conceptual models are described which account for the growth of hail in terms of the known characteristics of hailstorms. The models, which lean heavily on circumstantial evidence and physical reasoning, will need to be refined or revised in the light of fresh evidence; nevertheless they are considered to provide a useful basis for focussing on mechanisms of natural hail growth and concepts for suppressing hail.

This review was conducted as part of the National Hail Research Experiment, managed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the Weather Modification Program, Research Applications Directorate, National Science Foundation.

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Browning, K.A. (1977). The Structure and Mechanisms of Hailstorms. In: Foote, G.B., Knight, C.A. (eds) Hail: A Review of Hail Science and Hail Suppression. Meteorological Monographs, vol 16. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-30-0_1

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