Behavior of large waterdrops in shear flow

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/vm40xt09m

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Caldwell, Douglas R. Elliott, W.P.
Abstract	Nondimensionalized equations of motion for waterdrops, not necessarily obeying Stokes's law, are derived and used to calculate the response of various size drops to changes in horizontal wind speed. We find that (1) cloud drops respond almost instantaneously to changes in wind speed, whereas raindrops require considerable time to adjust, (2) one can ignore the dependence of drag coefficient on Reynolds number in small shear, and (3) the probability of collision between raindrops and cloud drops is likely to be increased very slightly by the presence of wind shear.
Resource Type	Article
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1029/JC078i027p06272
Date Available	2010-09-29T18:48:51+00:00
Date Issued	1973-09-20
Citation	Caldwell, D. R., & Elliott, W. P. (1973). Behavior of large waterdrops in shear flow. Journal of Geophysical Research, 78(27), 6272-6276.
Journal Title	Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal Volume	78
Urheberrechts-Erklärung	Copyright Not Evaluated
Funding Statement (additional comments about funding)	National Science Foundation grants GA 1618 and 1452.
Publisher	American Geophysical Union
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/18597