title: Interface control and snow crystal growth.
abstract: The growth of snow crystals is dependent on the temperature and saturation of the environment. In the case of dendrites, Reiter's local two-dimensional model provides a realistic approach to the study of dendrite growth. In this paper we obtain a new geometric rule that incorporates interface control, a basic mechanism of crystallization that is not taken into account in the original Reiter model. By defining two new variables, growth latency and growth direction, our improved model gives a realistic model not only for dendrite but also for plate forms.
authors.affiliation: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States.
authors.forename: Laura P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Schaposnik