Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II
Online ISSN : 2186-9057
Print ISSN : 0026-1165
ISSN-L : 0026-1165
Frequency of Occurrence of Peculiar Shapes of Snow Crystals
Masahiro KajikawaKatsuhiro KikuchiChoji Magono
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1980 Volume 58 Issue 5 Pages 416-421

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The frequency of occurrence of so-called “peculiar shapes of snow crystals” was observed at the Arctic Canada.
When the peculiar crystals were observed, the predominant common crystals were combination of bullets, column and crossed plates. The falling frequency of the peculiar crystals against other common crystals was 3 to 4% in average.
The minimum temperature of the ice saturation layer in which the peculiar crystals grew, which was estimated from the sounding curves, was warmer than -35°C in all groups of those crystals.
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