Entrainment of radio frequency chaff by wind as a function of surface aerodynamic roughness

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 206-216

  Gillies, John A ^a   Nickling, William G ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FRICTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TUNNELS;

RADIO FREQUENCY;

AIR POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; GLASS; SILICATE;

AIR FORCE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; WIND; EXPOSURE; MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIRCRAFT; ALUMINUM; GLASS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICS; WIND;

EID: 0037316257     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466138     Document Type: Article

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