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The Crocus scheme for modeling one form of this solid substance vertically discretizes it into a variable number of layers. Michael Stieglitz’s three-layer model of this substance is integrated into MERRA-2’s predictions of this substance’s behavior on land. One form of this substance in the Wasatch Front is enhanced by a salinity-driven decrease in (*) vapor pressure (-5[1])and latent heat flux. Automated stations for measuring the density of this solid substance may use pressure transducers to calculate the SWE. The Finger Lakes isotope record reflects a statistically significant increase of a regional form of this substance as a response to global warming. For 10 points, (-5[1])lake (-5[1])effect squalls of what substance are common in (10[1])western (10[1])New York? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: snow [prompt on ice or ice crystals; prompt on water]
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