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Paper Snowflake's Family Tree Chart Designed by Japanese Scientists Magono and Lee

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Magono & Lee Classification of Snow Crystals Page 7

Magono and Lee Developed their Comprehensive Snow Crystal Chart in 1966

These two snow scientists conducted extensive field work on weather conditions, moisture, temperature, etc., that affect snow crystal formation.

Their article "Meteorological Classification of Natural Snow Crystals," appeared in the Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan.

Magono & Lee classification of snow crystals includes 80 different snow crystal types arranged into a comprehensive scheme that provides a numbering and lettering system to categorized snow crystals according to shape and structure.

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P5 Malformed crystal
P5 Malformed crystal
C1e Solid Column
C1e Solid Column
P2a Stellar crystal with plates at end
P2a Stellar crystal with plates at end
R4a Hexagonal graupel
R4a Hexagonal graupel
P6d Stellar crystal with spatial dendrites
P6d Stellar crystal with spatial dendrites
S2 Scalelike side planes
S2 Scalelike side planes

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