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Snowflake Aggregation

Snowflake Aggregation is the atmospheric process in which individual snow crystals collide and adhere to form larger composite ice particles, distinguished from other snow formation mechanisms by the reliance on microphysical bonding during cloud-level turbulence and temperature-specific crystal habit interactions.

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2017–2026

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THE DISTRIBUTION WITH SIZE OF AGGREGATE SNOWFLAKES

K. L. S. Gunn, J. S. Marshall · Journal of Meteorology · 1958 · 369 citations · Full text

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From snowflake formation to growth of bacterial colonies II: Cooperative formation of complex colonial patterns

Eshel Ben‐Jacob · Contemporary Physics · 1997 · 200 citations

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Fall speed measurement and high-resolution multi-angle photography of hydrometeors in free fall

Timothy J. Garrett, C. Fallgatter, Konstantin Shkurko et al. · Atmospheric measurement techniques · 2012 · 192 citations · Full text

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Observations of the Distribution of Ice in Hurricanes

Robert A. Black, J. Hallett · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1986 · 177 citations · Full text

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Seasonal and diel variation in the open ocean concentration of marine snow aggregates

Richard S. Lampitt, W. R. Hillier, Peter Challenor · Nature · 1993 · 169 citations

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Authors

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  1. CD
    C. D. Westbrook

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 477 citations

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  2. DM
    Dmitri Moisseev

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    5 publications · 445 citations

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  3. SK
    Stefan Kneifel

    University of Cologne, Germany

    4 publications · 211 citations

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  4. JL
    Jussi Leinonen

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States

    4 publications · 266 citations

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  5. TJ
    Timothy J. Garrett

    University of Utah, United States

    4 publications · 286 citations

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Institutions

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  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    545 citations

  2. Finnish Meteorological Institute

    Helsinki, Finland

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    673 citations

  3. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    905 citations

  4. University of Cologne

    Cologne, Germany

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    373 citations

  5. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    904 citations

  6. Meteorological Research Institute

    Tsukuba, Japan

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    59 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    369 citations

  8. Helsinki Institute of Physics

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    449 citations

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  1. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    11 publications · 839 citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 6 publications · 423 citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    3 publications · 200 citations

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