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Ensemble mean density and its connection to other microphysical properties of falling snow

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dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-28T08:22:10Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:04:19Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-28T08:22:10Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:04:19Z
dc.date.issued 2016-11-28T08:22:10Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/5883 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/5883
dc.title Ensemble mean density and its connection to other microphysical properties of falling snow en
ethesis.discipline Meteorology en
ethesis.discipline Meteorologia fi
ethesis.discipline Meteorologi sv
ethesis.discipline.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/C435e734-91f7-48bf-a255-e9d6101e7fca
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/3acb09b1-e6a2-4faa-b677-1a1b03285b66
ethesis.department Institutionen för fysik sv
ethesis.department Department of Physics en
ethesis.department Fysiikan laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Tiira, Jussi
dct.issued 2016
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Naturally occurring snowflakes represent a variety of shapes, sizes, fall velocities and degrees of riming, which makes their representation challenging in numerical models and remote sensing retrievals. In this study measurements collected during winters 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 at the University of Helsinki measurement station in Hyytiälä are used to investigate connections between ensemble mean snow density, particle fall velocity and parameters of the particle size distribution (PSD). A new generation video imager, the Particle Imaging Package (PIP), was employed for this study. The simple open structure, robust design, easy maintenance and low cost of the instrument make it attractive for studying winter precipitation microphysics. The density of snow is derived from measurements of particle fall velocity and PSD, provided by the PIP, and weighing gauge measurements of liquid water equivalent precipitation rate. Validity of the retrieved density values is checked against snow depth measurements. The results show that a single camera video imager such as the PIP can succesfully be utilized for such studies. A relation retrieved for the ensemble mean snow density and median volume diameter is in general agreement with previous studies, but it is observed to vary significantly from one winter to the other. From these observations, characteristic mass-dimensional relations of snow are retrieved. For snow rates more than 0.2 mm/h, a correlation between the intercept parameter of normalized gamma PSD and median volume diameter was observed. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251958
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