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TitleMeterological Classification of Natural Snow Crystals
SubjectSnow crystals; classification
DescriptionMagono, Choji and Chung Woo Lee, September 1968, Meteorological classification of natural snow crystals. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Wasatch National Forest , Alta Avalanche Study Center, 14 pp., 27 pp. of plates.

From a meteorological point of view, Nakaya's classification of natural snow crystals was modified and supplemented. By this improvement of the classification, the certain inconveniences in the description of crystal shapes of natural snow crystals were removed, particularly in unsymmetrical or irregular shapes.

By the use of this improved classification, the temperature and vapor supply conditions for the growth of various kinds of natural snow crystals were described. The conditions were determined by meteorological observation methods. It may be seen that the conditions are very similar to Nakaya's Ta—s diagram. This means that the Nakaya's diagram is applicable to the formation of natural snow crystals.
CreatorChoji Magono and Chung Woo Lee
PublisherDigitized by: J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
ContributorsU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Wasatch National Forest , Alta Avalanche Study Center
Date.original1968-09
Typetext
Formatapplication\pdf
Date.digital2009-06-16
IdentifierMeterological_Classification_of_Natural_Snow_Crystals.pdf
SourceU.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Wasatch National Forest , Alta Avalanche Study Center
Languageeng
RelationAlta Avalanche Study Center; Reprinted by permission from the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido
RightsDigital image copyright 2009, University of Utah. All rights reserved.
ProvenanceJ. Willard Marriott Library, Special Collections [QC926.32]