Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen process

1. (meteorology) 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.

   Synonym: cold rain process