Abstract: The magnitude of the electro-optical Kerr effect in the atmosphere is assessed with an eye toward employing it in the measurement of humidity and electric fields. For various conditions, the birefringence of air is computed ...

Abstract: The measured drag forces on cylinders and disks obtained by Jayaweera and Cottis and by Kajikawa are compared with those computed for Stokes flow around equivalent spheroids. For both the disks and cylinders, comparisons ...

Abstract: The solution of the electrostatic boundary value problem for a point charge inside an infinite cylinder is applied to sensors employed in the measurement of charge on precipitation. With these devices the charge induced ...

Abstract: A new explanation is proposed for the rare Scheiner's halo, observed in the sky at an angle of 28° from the sun or moon. The existing explanation invokes the presence in the atmosphere of the cubic form of ice, ice Ic. ...

Abstract: An ultraviolet-absorption hygrometer for airborne use was designed and tested. Here the principles of operation, the design, and the results of the first test flights are presented. The motivation for the new design is to ...

Abstract: Periodic sampling of the Doppler radar return signal at the pulse repetition frequency causes measured velocities to be ambiguous (folded) when true meteorological velocities along the radial direction exceed the Nyquist ...