San Joaquin Valley Fog: Attempts at Electrical Dissipation

Abstract

The report summarizes the results of a two night field operation in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The purpose of this operation was to test the feasibility of using a corona discharge mechanism to dissipate warm fog. Heavy fog was encountered on two nights and during both fogs the authors monitored visibility and droplet size distribution while injecting electrical charge into the atmosphere with a 90kVolt discharge. No effects which could be attributed to modification of the fog by the corona discharge were detected.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1976
Accession Number
ADA023715

Entities

People

  • Christopher W. Fairall
  • E. E. Schacher

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • California
  • Classification
  • Counters
  • Electric Charge
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electrodes
  • Electrometers
  • High Voltage
  • Measurement
  • Particles
  • Power Supplies
  • Spectra
  • Visibility
  • Voltage
  • Wind Direction

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.