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Charging Mechanism of Snowflakes and Soft Hail

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Simultaneous observations of the surface electric field, shape and charge of snow crystals and melted diameters of the crystals were carried out at the seashore of Ishikari near Sapporo. As a result, it was confirmed that dendritic crystals were negatively charged under a positive field; and large dendritic snowflakes, densely rimed crystals and soft hail were positively charged under a negative field. Furthermore, it was found that when positive snow particles fell, the mode value of the size distribution of melted diameter at that moment shifted to smaller values as compared with that when negative snow crystals fell alone.

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  1. Dept. of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita 10, Niski 8, Sapporo, 060, Japan

    K. Kikuchi

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    Hans Dolezalek  & Helmut E. Landsberg  & 

  2. Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

    Reinhold Reiter

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Kikuchi, K. (1976). Charging Mechanism of Snowflakes and Soft Hail. In: Dolezalek, H., Reiter, R., Landsberg, H.E. (eds) Electrical Processes in Atmospheres. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85294-7_47

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