MODELING SNOW CRYSTAL GROWTH III: three-dimensional snowfakes
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We introduce a three-dimensional, computationally feasible, mesoscopic model for snow crystal growth, based on diffusion of vapor, anisotropic attachment, and a semi-liquid boundary layer. Several case studies are presented that faithfully emulate a wide variety of physical snowflakes. 2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 82C24. Secondary 35R35, 60K35.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008