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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The [[altitude]] interval throughout which ice-phase [[precipitation]] melts as it descends.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The top of the melting layer is the [[melting level]]. The melting layer may be several hundred meters deep, reflecting the time it takes for all the [[hydrometeors]] to undergo the transition from solid to liquid [[phase]]. The [[temperature]] of the melting layer is typically 0& | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The [[altitude]] interval throughout which ice-phase [[precipitation]] melts as it descends.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The top of the melting layer is the [[melting level]]. The melting layer may be several hundred meters deep, reflecting the time it takes for all the [[hydrometeors]] to undergo the transition from solid to liquid [[phase]]. The [[temperature]] of the melting layer is typically 0°C or slightly warmer. <br/>''See'' [[bright band]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:39, 20 February 2012
melting layer
The altitude interval throughout which ice-phase precipitation melts as it descends.
The top of the melting layer is the melting level. The melting layer may be several hundred meters deep, reflecting the time it takes for all the hydrometeors to undergo the transition from solid to liquid phase. The temperature of the melting layer is typically 0°C or slightly warmer.
See bright band.
See bright band.
