Accession Number:

AD0607159

Title:

PRELIMINARY EXPERIMENTS IN CUMULUS MODELING WITH AN ANALOG TO THE RELEASE OF LATENT HEAT OF CONDENSATION.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. no. 17,

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA STATE UNIV TALLAHASSEE

Personal Author(s):

• Hess,Seymour L.

Report Date:

1964-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Experiments were performed in modeling of cumuli in which the upward buoyancy is produced by a chemical reaction between acid and base solutions. The method of production of buoyancy is analogous to the release of latent heat of condensation in real cumuli. The experimental convection was found to have a Reynolds number about the same as in small cumuli but a Froude number about one order of magnitude larger than in real cumuli. Author

Descriptors:

• *CUMULUS CLOUDS
• *CONVECTION
• MODELS
• VAPORS
• BUOYANCY
• CHEMICAL REACTIONS
• HYDROCHLORIC ACID
• SODIUM COMPOUNDS
• HYDROXIDES
• FLUORESCENCE
• REYNOLDS NUMBER
• CONDENSATION
• THERMODYNAMICS

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE