Compressed Air Seeding of Supercooled Fog.

Abstract

Two series of experiments, 25 in a light fog and 25 in a heavy fog, were conducted in the CRREL cold cloud chamber. Compressed air was used to glaciate the -4 C fog. The gage air pressure was 413.7 kPa. These tests showed that the number of ice crystals produced exceeded the number of water droplets in the fog by a factor of 21 for a light fog and 133 for a heavy fog. Approximately 2.6 times as many ice crystals were created in a heavy fog than were created in a light fog. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA040819

Entities

People

  • James R. Hicks

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Air Pressure
  • Army
  • Chambers
  • Cloud Chambers
  • Clouds
  • Cold Fog
  • Cold Regions
  • Compressed Air
  • Efficiency
  • Engineering
  • Fog
  • Ice Fog
  • Liquids
  • New Hampshire
  • Regions
  • Water Vapor

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  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.