75th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (November 20, 2022 — November 22, 2022)

V0116: Clear skies, full drops, can’t lose

Authors
  • Nathan Speirs, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
  • Jesse Belden, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
  • Aren Hellum, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
  • Andrea Speirs, N/A
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/APS.DFD.2022.GFM.V0116

Air pollution is a big problem in the world today.  As a rain droplet falls it collides with airborne pollution particles and cleans the air.  In this video we show the microscopic, high-speed interactions of rain droplets with pollution particles.  By doing so we reveal the mechanisms by which rain cleans pollution out of the air.  

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