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Named after Alfred Wegener, Tor Bergeron, and Walter Findeisen.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process
Today it means: A process of ice crystal growth that occurs in mixed-phase clouds (containing a mixture of supercooled water and ice) in regions where the ambient vapor pressure falls between the saturation vapor pressure over water and the lower saturation vapor pressure over ice. Full definition →