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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SOLID PRECIPITATION > HAIL

PREFERRED TERM

HAIL  

DEFINITION

  • A type of frozen precipitation in the form of balls or irregular lumps of ice, usually consisting of concentric layers of ice. Hail is always produced by convective clouds, nearly always cumulonimbus.

BROADER CONCEPT

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2014-04-14 14:32:37.0 [128.183.164.42] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (HAIL [7118d286-6629-48e5-931f-052cd347395e,85739] - HYDROMETEORS OBSERVED [9832fd10-0a53-44d4-88d7-018cc51ac93e,106307]);
  • 2014-04-14 14:41:25.0 [128.183.164.42] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (HAIL [7118d286-6629-48e5-931f-052cd347395e,85739] - HYDROMETEORS [280b66ac-b3a9-45da-8eb1-ba1db93f5149,86517]);
  • 2015-03-04 16:10:35.0 [saritz] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (HAIL [7118d286-6629-48e5-931f-052cd347395e,85739] - SOLID PRECIPITATION [1906bb87-db16-46db-b814-e0b322356125,106755]);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/7118d286-6629-48e5-931f-052cd347395e

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