precipitation (atmospheric)

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precipitation (atmospheric)

Any or all forms of water particles that fall from the atmosphere, such as rain, snow, hail and sleet.

This category is also used with field inventory and monitoring for precipitation measurement, rain, rainfall, with field inventory and monitoring for rainfall measurement, snow, snowfall, and with field inventory and monitoring for snowfall measurement

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See also
atmospheric deposition (chemical & particulate)
atmospheric sciences
hydrologic processes
hydrology
storms
water cycle