A method is described by which concentration distortion of particulates of arbitrary sizes caused by airflow around airplane fuselages can be calculated. The method accounts for effects of: three-dimensional details of the fuselage shape on airflow, angle-of-attack on airflow, altitude, interaction of the particles with the airflow, and particle settling. It has been applied to hydrometeor sampling instruments on three cloud physics airplanes: Lockheed C130A and C130E transports, and a Cessna Citation jet. Detailed results for water drops and ice columns are presented.


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    Title :

    Effects of Airplane Flow Fields on Hydrometeor Concentration Measurements


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    Publication date :

    1974


    Size :

    108 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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