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Precipitation process

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-021875

1. The process by which atmospheric moisture falls onto a land or water surface as rain, snow, hail, or other forms of moisture.

2. Water that falls from clouds to the ground. This can be in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.

3. The process where water vapor condenses in the atmosphere to form water droplets that fall to the Earth as rain, sleet, snow, hail, etc.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-021875
FieldEnvironment
SubjectNatural environments
ReferencesDrinking Water Technical and Legal; My NASA Data Glossary; NOAA National Weather Service Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021875",
  "term": "Precipitation process",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Precipitation Process",
  "definition": "1. The process by which atmospheric moisture falls onto a land or water surface as rain, snow, hail, or other forms of moisture.\n\n2. Water that falls from clouds to the ground. This can be in the form of rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.\n\n3. The process where water vapor condenses in the atmosphere to form water droplets that fall to the Earth as rain, sleet, snow, hail, etc.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Drinking Water Technical and Legal",
    "My NASA Data Glossary",
    "NOAA National Weather Service Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/precipitation-process/"
}

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