A wind tunnel investigation of the rate of evaporation of large water drops falling at terminal velocity in air.

H. R. Pruppacher, R. Rasmussen

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Abstract

An experimental study of the effect of ventilation on the rate of evaporation of millimeter sized water drops falling at terminal velocity in air has been carried out in a wind tunnel where drops were suspended freely in the tunnel air stream. To illustrate how the present data may be applied the authors computed the distance which is required for a water drop to travel from cloud base through a NACA Standard Atmosphere of various relative humidities, in order to reach the earth's surface with a given size. - from Authors

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1255-1260
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume36
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1979

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