Exam 7: Precipitation Processes

List two common sources of rain gauge measurement error.

A collector drop will have the highest collision efficiency with this size drop:

Explain the effect of hail size on damage.

Rain that falls in an almost random,stop-and-start manner is called:

Lake-effect snow is most common near this lake:

The process by which supercooled water droplets freeze onto falling ice crystals is called:

The largest form of precipitation is:

The fact that rain gauges provide point measurements

In order to measure precipitation,weather radar uses ________ radiation.

A deep winter snowpack

Saturated soil increases the risk of flooding because

Drag between the droplet and surrounding air depends on:

The average precipitation for the entire world is:

Raindrops are initially what kind of shape?

The most important principle underlying the Bergeron process is this:

Globally,annual precipitation amounts are highest in the:

Lake effect precipitation is caused by:

In the winter of 1976-77,areas of northern New York state received:

Compare and contrast the formation of hail and sleet.

One difficulty in evaluating the effectiveness of cloud seeding is