Scavenging Models for Smokes

Abstract

The smoke and obscuration computer model known as the Combined Obscuration Model for Battlefield Induced Contaminants (COMBIC) has the potential for treating the effect of precipitation scavenging as one of the model's input parameters. This report examines the impact of rainfall on the evolution of a white phosphorous (WP) smoke cloud based upon the predictions of the model. The result of the analysis indicates that the effect of precipitation scavenging is less than the error expected in COMBIC predictions. Therefore, the recommendation is not to incorporate more elaborate precipitation models in COMBIC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387915

Entities

People

  • Steven M. Kovel

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Artillery
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Distribution Functions
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Precipitation
  • Rain
  • Raindrops
  • Temperature Gradients

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