WMOD00406

• Contract/Permit #: 7-07-83-V0001
• Title: Turbulant Diffusion Studies of Winter Storms Over the Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Date: 12/1/1981
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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tudinal (u'), lateral (v'), and vertical (w') wind com-

ponents, and TAS', as an example of estimating the

maximum wavelength of the most energetic eddies, on 3

March 1980.

Longitudinal (a) and vertical (b) variances as a func-

tion of number of data points per block, on 8 February

1978 case study. A one-to-one comparison of the same

data are presented in (c)

Aircraft sounding and hodograph on 3 March 1980 case

study. Temperature and dewpoint are plotted on a

skew-T, log-P diagram. Potential and equivalent

potential temperatures are also shown

A plan view of the K/A's flight track, and the succes-

sive locations of the AgI seeding curtain, on 3 March

1980 case study.

Power spectra of the longitudinal wind component for

both experiments (AgI and C02) on 3 March 1980 case

stud y .

Analog traces of the ID-C and 2D-C ice crystal concen-
trations and the Johnson-Williams liquid water content,
on 3 March 1980 case study.

Similar as Fig. 6.1.2, except for C02 seeding curtain.

General functional relation of the longitudinal dif-
fused plume sizes versus time, for bo th exper imen ts on

3 March 1980 case study.

A comparison between the calculated and observed seeded

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