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Anthropogenic snowfall events in the UK: examples of urban weather modification?

Wood, C. R. and Harrison, R. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X (2009) Anthropogenic snowfall events in the UK: examples of urban weather modification? Weather, 64 (10). pp. 277-280. ISSN 0043-1656

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1002/wea.407

Abstract/Summary

Snow in the UK is generally associated with synoptic or mesoscale weather systems, thus snowfall during quiescent anticyclonic conditions is surprising and might not even be forecast. Consequently it could present a hazard. Snowfall during anticyclonic freezing fog conditions at Didcot and Hereford in December 2006 is investigated here. These two snowfalls seem to present circumstances in which anthropogenically-produced aerosols could have provided ice nuclei within the freezing fog, and therefore might provide characteristic examples of Anthropogenic Snowfall Events (ASEs).

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:1585
Publisher:Wiley

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