STUDIES ON THE MICROPHYSICAL MECHANISM OF PRECIPITATION FROM WARM CLOUDS,

Abstract

The characteristics of the growth of cloud drops as a stochastic process is described in the first chapter which is followed by a discussion of the theories of cloud-drop growth. The influence of fluctuations in fields of humidity, cloud-drop concentration, turbulence, and vertical motions and the effect of electric charge on growth by coalescence are considered in order to formulate a general statistical theory to account for precipitation from warm clouds. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0671350

Entities

People

  • Xiu-ji Zhou

Organizations

  • Emmanuel College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coalescence
  • Electric Charge
  • Humidity
  • Precipitation
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Turbulence

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics