A field campaign was conducted in March and April 2015 in the Kananaskis Valley of Alberta to investigate the formation and characteristics of ice crystals and solid precipitation particles in the lee of the Rocky Mountains. This thesis examines data from 11 storms producing mainly light precipitation within generally sub-saturated surface and near-surface conditions. Instruments utilized include soundings, radar images, and surface observations, but the focus is on the analysis of 1,183 microphotographic images of precipitation particles. The particles (diameters up to 24 mm) were placed into 12 categories with rimed irregular snow particles being most common. Unrimed and rimed particles were commonly (14% of images) observed simultaneously and 62% of particles were rimed. Rimed, dense particles were less likely to sublimate before reaching the surface in the dry sub-cloud region that was at least partially a result of the air aloft being directed mainly towards the east and ‘downslope’. / February 2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/31960 |
| Date | 15 December 2016 |
| Creators | Hung, Ida |
| Contributors | Stewart, Ronald (Environment and Geography), Hanesiak, John (Environment and Geography) Theriault, Julie (Université du Québec à Montréal) Kochtubajda, Bob (Environment and Climate Change Canada) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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