Big Hole Filled in Cloud Research

Big Hole Filled in Cloud Research
Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:03:00 -0500

Under certain conditions, private and commercial propeller planes and jet aircraft may induce odd-shaped holes or canals into clouds as they fly through them. These holes and canals have long fascinated the public and now new research shows they may affect precipitation in and around airports with frequent cloud cover in the wintertime.

Here is how: Planes may produce ice particles by freezing cloud droplets that cool as they flow around the tips of propellers, over wings or over jet ...

More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=120967&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click

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