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Press Release 12-025
The Depths of Winter: How Much Snow Is In Fact On the Ground?
Will lasers and GPS technology finally enable accurate measurement of snowfall?
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Stellar dendrites are tree-like snow crystals that have branches upon branches.
Credit: Kenneth Libbrecht, Caltech |
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How much snow, of whichever crystal type, has fallen? We may soon have an answer.
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Stellar dendrite crystals are fairly large, 2-4 millimeters, and easily seen with the naked eye.
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NSF-funded scientists field-test new instrumentation to accurately measure snow.
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Stellar plate snow crystals have ridges that point to corners between adjacent prism facets.
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Plate-like snowflakes form when it's near -2 degrees C (or 28 F), or near -15 C (5 F).
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