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The coalescence between small water drops
Author(s) -
Telford J. W.,
Thorndike N. S.,
Bowen E. G.
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708134810
Subject(s) - coalescence (physics) , mechanics , drop (telecommunication) , cloud physics , meteorology , environmental science , physics , materials science , cloud computing , telecommunications , computer science , astronomy , operating system
An experiment is described for measurement of the rate of coalescence in a cloud of droplets of nearly equal size. It is found that the value of the collection efficiency is unexpectedly high, and a physical explanation of the effect is given. The influence of electric charges on the droplets has been observed, and it is shown that increases by a factor of up to 20 in the collection efficiency are possible.