ORGANIZATION AND METHOD OF INVESTIGATING FOG AND CLOUDS

Abstract

The basic stages of the organization and method of research of the Arctic Institute expedition are presented. The basic assignments of the expedition were: (1) The carrying out of a wide meteorological, microphysical and aerological complex of observations of fog and clouds both from the ground and from aircraft, (2) The execution of experiments on the artificial seeding of supercooled lower-level clouds and fog using dry ice and silver iodide, (3) The organization of stationary observations of fog according to a special program in the Arctic observatories at Dickson Island, Tiksi and Pevek in 1956 - 1957, and (4) The setting up of bases for conducting aerological investigations on Dickson Island and at Tadibe-Yakha in 1957. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0258403

Entities

People

  • A.i. Voskresenskii

Organizations

  • American Meteorological Society

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Military Aircraft
  • Observation
  • Observation Aircraft
  • Observatories
  • Stationary
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design