nedbørspartikkel
Nedbørspartikkel is a Norwegian term that translates to "precipitation particle" in English. It refers to any individual component of precipitation, such as a raindrop, snowflake, hailstone, or ice pellet, as it falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. Understanding the properties and formation of these particles is crucial in meteorology and climatology for forecasting weather patterns, analyzing atmospheric processes, and studying climate change.
The formation of precipitation particles begins with the condensation of water vapor in the atmosphere. Tiny
Raindrops form when ice crystals melt as they fall through warmer layers of the atmosphere, or directly