Project 1.3
CLOUD SAMPLING ON MIKE SHOT
Prelizinary Report by H. F. Plank
Number of Samples
Twelve semples were obtained by the F-&4G aircraft, including
Sample Size
Samples 5M and 6M of
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White Flight and 9M, 10M, 11M, and 12M of Blue Flight were approximately
one-third the size of the best four and were Satisfactory for the purpose
These samples were from five to ten times
(15M and 16M) which would
be useful for ratio checks.
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Sample Quality
Sample quality is governed by the capability of penetreting
the msin body of the cloud.
In general, all semples exce,;t 11M, 12M,
i5M, ena 16M, which were taken at radically different altitudes or
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recornnzissance aircraft gave very Small samples
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limitations beyond the control of this project (see Par. 3.2).
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