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Hail Formation

Hail Formation is a precipitation process within convective meteorology that describes the development of ice particles through the accretion of supercooled water droplets during repeated vertical cycles within strong thunderstorm updrafts, distinguishing it from other forms of frozen precipitation by its layered growth mechanism and dependence on intense convective dynamics.

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Bulk Parameterization of the Snow Field in a Cloud Model

Yuh‐Lang Lin, Richard D. Farley, Harold D. Orville · Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology · 1983 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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Criteria for the Detection of Hail Cells

A. Waldvogel, B. Fédérer, Peter Grimm · Journal of applied meteorology · 1979 · 227 citations · Full text

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Understanding Hail in the Earth System

John T. Allen, Ian M. Giammanco, Matthew R. Kumjian et al. · Reviews of Geophysics · 2019 · 214 citations

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The Anatomy and Physics of ZDR Columns: Investigating a Polarimetric Radar Signature with a Spectral Bin Microphysical Model

Matthew R. Kumjian, Nir Benmoshe, Eyal Ilotoviz et al. · Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology · 2014 · 211 citations · Full text

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Airflow and hail growth in supercell storms and some implications for hail suppression

K. A. Browning, G. Brant Foote · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · 1976 · 203 citations

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Authors

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    Andrew J. Heymsfield

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    9 publications · 616 citations

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  2. NC
    Nancy C. Knight

    NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States

    8 publications · 305 citations

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  3. JL
    José Luis Sánchez

    Universidad de León, Spain

    7 publications · 337 citations

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  4. MR
    Matthew R. Kumjian

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    7 publications · 903 citations

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  5. KA
    K. A. Browning

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 398 citations

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    20 h-index

    44 publications

    2.9K citations

  2. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

    Norman, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    1.4K citations

  5. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

    Rapid City, United States

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    11.9K citations

  6. Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

    Norman, United States

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    871 citations

  7. Universidad de León

    León, Spain

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    38 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Atmospheric Research

    19 publications · 915 citations

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  4. Monthly Weather Review

    13 publications · 597 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 262 citations

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