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Making clouds in SpacelabImprovements in the accuracy of weather predictions and possibilities for changing the weather might depend on a better understanding of the microphysical processes which take place within clouds. A study of these processes on the surface of the earth is difficult in connection with gravitational disturbances. An Atmospheric Cloud Physics Laboratory (ACPL), which is currently being developed, is to be carried into space in the Spacelab in the early 1980's. This facility will provide scientists, for the first time, with the opportunity to study cloud physics without the disturbing gravitational effects. In the ACPL facility, a microscopic element can be suspended without support. The processes of freezing, thawing, collision, electric charging, and temperature changes can be observed and photographed as many times and for as long as necessary.
Document ID
19780065231
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Duncan, C.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Public Affairs Office, Huntsville, Ala., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Spaceflight
Volume: 20
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
78A49140
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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