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Wayne E. Bradley

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Forty-five aircraft electrical soundings were flown to an altitude of 3 km MSL over West Plains, Mo., during the summer of 1963. Measurements were taken of the vertical electrical potential gradient and polar conductivities. Calculations were made of the electrical potential at 2.9 km plus the vertical variation of space charge and conduction current density. The potential gradient usually increased with altitude in the first 300–600 m above the surface, and then gradually decreased to the top of the sounding.

The soundings were compared with the occurrence or nonoccurrence of precipitation in the 5 hr following each sounding. The magnitude of the gradient between 2 and 3 km was found to correlate well with the presence or absence of high pressure systems in the area, but it was concluded that precipitation is not necessarily preceded by a unique large-scale set of atmospheric electrical conditions in the lower atmosphere.

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Wayne E. Bradley
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Gordon E. Martin

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A high-volume airborne precipitation collector is described. The device, installed in the nose of a twin-engine aircraft, has a 30-cm diameter intake that extends ahead of the aircraft nose. Both air and rain enter the collector where the liquid water is separated from the air by impaction and centrifugal force. Measurements of the airflow in the collector are described and the resulting collection efficiency for precipitation-size droplets is calculated and discussed.

The device is being used to determine if radioactive particles are washed from the air by precipitation between cloud base and the surface by comparing the activities of surface and airborne samples. The implications of one set of samples are summarized.

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Wayne E. Bradley
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Richard G. Semonin

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