ESA Data Ontology: ESADO: SNOW GRAINS

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SNOW GRAINS

(Also called granular snow.) Precipitation in the form of very small, white opaque particles of ice; the solid equivalent of drizzle. They resemble snow pellets in external appearance, but are more flattened and elongated, and generally have diameters of less than 1 mm; they neither shatter nor bounce when they hit a hard surface. Descriptions of the physical structure of snow grains vary widely and include very fine, simple ice crystals; tiny, complex snow crystals; small, compact bundles of rime; and particles with a rime core and a fine glaze coating. It is agreed that snow grains usually fall in very small quantities, mostly from stratus clouds or from fog, and never in the form of a shower. (en)

2014-04-14 14:34:20.0 [128.183.164.42] Insert Concept add broader relation (SNOW GRAINS [6a16461a-49b9-4887-802f-2320c6dc4dd2,106345] - SNOW [b51b3708-a662-4cf1-bf13-e67f36b001c4,85501]);
2014-04-14 16:15:25.0 [128.183.164.42] added definition insert Definition (id: null text: Frozen precipitation in the form of very small, white, opaque grains of ice language code: en);
2014-04-14 16:16:51.0 [128.183.164.42] added definition update Definition ((Also called granular snow.) Precipitation in the form of very small, white opaque particles of ice; the solid equivalent of drizzle. They resemble snow pellets in external appearance, but are more flattened and elongated, and generally have diameters of less than 1 mm; they neither shatter nor bounce when they hit a hard surface. Descriptions of the physical structure of snow grains vary widely and include very fine, simple ice crystals; tiny, complex snow crystals; small, compact bundles of rime; and particles with a rime core and a fine glaze coating. It is agreed that snow grains usually fall in very small quantities, mostly from stratus clouds or from fog, and never in the form of a shower.); update Definition (Glossary of Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 2013, http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Snow_grains);
2015-03-04 16:50:20.0 [saritz] insert AltLabel (id: null text: Granular Snow language code: en);

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