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Recent Fog Investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

Sverre Petterssen
Sverre Petterssen*
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Fog is the result of a condensation process near the earth's surface when the air is cooled below its dew-point temperature by one or more of the processes which will be discussed in the second part of this paper.

The classical experiments of Wilson (I) showed that some types of particles, now called nuclei of condensation, must be present in the air if condensation is to occur with a reasonable degree of supersaturation.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 45 , Issue 363 , March 1941, pp. 71 - 88
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1941

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