Colloidal meteorological processes in the formation of precipitation
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This paper is the edited translation of the paper by Walter Findeisen "Die kolloidmeteorologischen Vorgänge bei der Niederschlagsbildung" (Colloidal meteorological processes in the formation of precipitation) that was published 1938 in the Meteorologische Zeitschrift 55, 121-133.
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The presence of liquid water provides a continuous vapor source for ice crystal growth via the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen (WBF) process, whereby ice crystals grow at the expense of supercooled droplets, enabling rapid glaciation and precipitation initiation.
“The presence of liquid water provides a continuous vapor source for ice crystal growth via the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen (WBF) process, whereby ice crystals grow at the expense of supercooled droplets (Bergeron, 1935; Findeisen et al., 2015; Wegener, 1912), enabling rapid glaciation and precipitation initiation (Fuchs et al., 2025; Ramelli et al., 2024)”
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- Authors
- Findeisen, W., Volken, E., Giesche, A. M., & Brönnimann, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Bern (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Brönnimann, Stefan
- Venue
- Meteorologische Zeitschrift
- Publisher
- Schweizerbart
- Published
- 2015-07-21
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 443-454
- ISSN
- 0941-2948 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1422331571
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 0.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Meteorologische Zeitschrift (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- BORIS (University Library Bern) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Keywords
- precipitation formation, cloud microphysics, aerosols, cloud condensation nuclei
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