Articles | Volume 9, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4825-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-4825-2016
Research article
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28 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 28 Sep 2016

Ensemble mean density and its connection to other microphysical properties of falling snow as observed in Southern Finland

Jussi Tiira, Dmitri N. Moisseev, Annakaisa von Lerber, Davide Ori, Ali Tokay, Larry F. Bliven, and Walter Petersen

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In this study winter measurements collected in Southern Finland are used to document microphysical properties of falling snow. It is shown that a new video imager can be used for such studies. Snow properties do vary between winters.