Mysteries of Rain and Snow

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Artists concept of a space-based precipitation radar. Credit: Walter A. Petersen NSSTCUAH.
Artist's concept of a space-based precipitation radar. Credit: Walter A. Petersen, NSSTC/UAH.

People have lived with rain and snow for millennia, and scientists have studied weather for more than a century. You might think that, after all that time, we would have precipitation pretty much figured out. And you'd be wrong.


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