ACTRIS Vocabulary
type: ConceptScheme

cloud related
type: Concept
narrower: graupel

graupel
type: Concept
creator: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-5100
broader: hydrometeor
broader: cloud related
broader: object of interest
definition: Graupel, also called soft hail or snow pellets, is precipitation that forms when supercooled water droplets in air are collected and freeze on falling snowflakes, forming 2–5 mm (0.08–0.20 in) balls of crisp, opaque rime.
in scheme: ACTRIS Vocabulary

hydrometeor
type: Concept
narrower: graupel

object of interest
type: Concept
narrower: graupel