Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process

proper noun

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.

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cold rain process
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Meanings

proper nounthe Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process
  1. climatologyA 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.

    Synonyms: cold rain process

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA 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.

Similar
cold rain process
Also see
cold rain process

Origin

Named after Alfred Wegener, Tor Bergeron, and Walter Findeisen.

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APA

Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen%20process

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“Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen%20process. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen%20process.

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