Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

"The effect which a growing droplet has on the supersaturated atmosphere surrounding it is analyzed by assuming a macroscopic diffusional growth mechanism involving both heat and vapor. The problem is solved, for cloud-chamber conditions, first for very short times assuming a fixed radius, and then for longer times assuming the establishment of "quasi" steady-state conditions. Knowledge of the way in which droplet growth affects supersaturation is important in the evaluation of nucleation rates"--Abstract, page ii.

Advisor(s)

Rivers, Jack L.

Committee Member(s)

Lund, Louis H., 1919-1998
Kassner, James L.
Anderson, Richard A.

Department(s)

Physics

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Physics

Sponsor(s)

National Science Foundation (U.S.). Atmospheric Sciences Section

Publisher

University of Missouri at Rolla

Publication Date

1966

Pagination

vi, 85 pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-84).

Rights

© 1966 John Carstens, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Atmospheric nucleationCondensation (Meteorology)

Thesis Number

T 1857

Print OCLC #

17405219

Electronic OCLC #

892845672

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