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Snow and its Relationship to Experimental Meteorology

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Snow in its many forms has been the subject of observation, conjecture, and scientific discussion for many centuries. It has long been recognized that a better understanding of the formation of snow in the atmosphere would eventually explain some of the little-known but important meteorological processes related to the development of precipitation.

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Schaefer, V.J. (1951). Snow and its Relationship to Experimental Meteorology. In: Malone, T.F. (eds) Compendium of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-70-9_19

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