Characteristics of Atmospheric Ice Particles: A Survey of Techniques.

Abstract

A survey is given of properties of ice particles in the atmosphere necessary to assess the design of aircraft instrumentation required for their characterization. A critical review is given of current aircraft instrumentation from the view point of representative data acquisition in a realistic time frame, in particular techniques for mass and size distribution are examined. It is concluded that two as yet untried techniques utilizing particle accretion and evaporation show promise for measurement of mass distribution. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093927

Entities

People

  • John Hallett

Organizations

  • University of Nevada, Reno

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Heat Energy
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Radar
  • Lasers
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Optical Detection
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Scattering
  • Surface Properties
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design