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Precipitation

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Initial Precipitation Process
Brief article on precipitation including the collision-coalescence process.
( http://students.sunysuffolk.edu/~andedm47/page1.html )
Bergeron Process
Article and diagram explaining the Bergeron Process.
( http://students.sunysuffolk.edu/~andedm47/page2.html )
Bergeron Process Defined
Another article with diagrams dealing with the Bergeron Process.
( http://weather.cod.edu/sirvatka/bergeron.html )
Dual-polarization Radar
Good definition and diagrams about how this type of radar can "see" different types of precipitation.
( http://www.radar.mcgill.ca/define_dual_pol.html )
Doppler Radar
Good definition and diagrams.
( http://www.radar.mcgill.ca/define_doppler.html )
Snow
Snowflake formation process.
( http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/snow.rxml )
Sleet
Sleet formation process.
( http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/slt.rxml )
Freezing Rain
What causes freezing rain.
( http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/zr/frz.rxml )
Hail
Explains conditions that cause hail formation.
( http://www.windows.ucar.edu/earth/Atmosphere/precipitation/hail_formation.html )
Global Rainfall
Great site showing global map of annual average rainfall, plus an animation showing global rainfall as it changes month by month.
( http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob122.htm )
Cloud Seeding
Long article on cloud seeding and the processes that make rain happen. Lots of good information here.
( http://cordell-ok.net/~doswell/wxmod/wxmod.html )
More on Cloud Seeding
The physical basis for seeding clouds.
( http://www.atmos-inc.com/weamod.html )
Hail Suppression When Cloud Seeding
A commercial site describing what they do and how.
( http://www.wmi.cban.com/hail.html )
WW2010 - The Online Guides

( http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/prcp/home.rxml )
Links about Weather

( http://weather.about.com/science/weather/cs/precipitation/ )
Weather

( http://www.doc.mmu.ac.uk/aric/eae/Weather/weather.html )
Cloud and Precipitation

( http://www.colby.edu/sci.tech/st215/2.2view/index.htm )
Precipitation

( http://www.cedarville.edu/employee/gollmers/gsci240/lecture/g240ch8/sld001.htm )
The Precipitation Process

( http://weather.ou.edu/~metr2603/12feb99/sld003.htm )
Precipitation

( http://students.sunysuffolk.edu/~andedm47/index.html )
Clouds and Precipitation

( http://www.uakron.edu/geography/lrb/physf97/lectures/precipitation/sld001.htm )