THE ROLE OF ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE IN THE AGGLOMERATION OF CLOUD PARTICLES, TASK 1. WEATHER RADAR OBSERVATIONS UNDER PROJECT HI CUE AT FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA, DURING JULY AND AUGUST, 1959, TASK 2.
Abstract
A literature review of materials pertaining to the coalescence of cloud droplets in forming rain and to the prominant factors that influence this process is presented. Laboratory work in evolving a method for producing individual vortices reproducibly is discussed, and an airfoil modeled for use in a cloud chamber is described. The development of a 24-cu ft-capacity continuous cloud chamber is described, and the results of tests and analyses of its performance are reported. Satisfactory means of monitoring the cloud-chamber contents throughout experiments without disturbing the chamber and the cloud equilibrium are under study. A program of measurements of rain under Project Hi Cue was conducted at Flagstaff, Arizona, during July and August, 1959, using the van-mounted APQ-40 radar unit. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1959
- Accession Number
- AD0685282
Entities
People
- A. Nelson Dingle
- Floyd C. Elder
Organizations
- University of Michigan