Simulated Raindrops Studied by General Electric Scientists

Simulated Raindrops Studied by General Electric Scientists
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  • March 2, 1949
  • SCHENECTADY, N. Y., Mar. 2 -- High-speed stroboscopic pictures, made by weather scientists of the General Electric Research Laboratory, reveal simulated raindrops may take many shapes and often can change shape rapidly.

    In a study simulating raindrop behavior, scientists placed single drops of water under air resistance conditions similar to but in reverse from natural conditions. Instead of the drop falling against the air, a rush of air was caused to move upward against the drop, and thus drops experimented with “fell” upward rather than downward.