THE DENSITY AND STRUCTURE OF ICE FORMED BY ACCRETION

Abstract

Studies were made of ice formed by accretion over a wide range of controlled conditions to ascertain the influence of the wind speed, ambient temperature, droplet diameter and liquid water concentration in the supercooled cloud, and the siz of the accreting object. It is shown that these parameters determine the time of freezing and impact momentum of the supercooled droplets, and thereby also the density and structure of the deposits. Application is made to the growth of hail. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0267393

Entities

People

  • W.c. Macklin

Organizations

  • Imperial College London

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Critical Temperature
  • Diameters
  • Freezing
  • Geometry
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Mathematics
  • Momentum
  • Physical Properties
  • Transition Temperature

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies