NEW EFFECTS IN CLOUD PHYSICS.

Abstract

Unique experiments are described showing: (1) an apparently paradoxical behavior in the rising of gas bubbles in smoke and in the subsidence of miniature smoke clouds in a gaseous atmosphere, and (2) the movement of the aerosol particles of a cloud from the gaseous boundary of the cloud into the cloud. It is concluded that: (1) An unexplained force probably attracts the aerosol particles in an aerosol cloud. (2) The observed, apparently paradoxical, behavior of the aerosol cloud is caused by an ordinary, diffusional exchange of gas molecules between the cloud and the adjacent gas. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0623003

Entities

People

  • Albert Pfeiffer

Organizations

  • Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Condensation
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Boundaries
  • Cloud Physics
  • Clouds
  • Condensation
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Isothermal Processes
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Molecules
  • Particles
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Theoretical Analysis.