Various methods are used to scatter warm fogs: direct combustion of fuel in the fog; electric heating of the fog; introduction of streams or jets of warm and dry air into the fog; use of radiant energy for direct evaporation of hydrometeors; using explosions of highly heat-forming substances, etc. [4]. In this paper, artificially sprayed water droplets are used to scatter warm fogs. Refined calculations were made to investigate the possibility of fog scattering by artificial droplets. The model describes the fall of drops of radius r2 through the fog, consisting of drops of radius r1, the concentration of which is equal to n1. Detailed equations of gravitational coagulation are used taking into account the hydrodynamic interaction of droplets. The temporal characteristics of fog scattering (increase in visibility range) depending on the size of artificial droplets and their concentration are investigated. The size of artificial drops and their concentration, at which the maximum effect on fog scattering is achieved, are determined.

Keywords: scattering of warm fogs, meteorological visibility range, concentration of fog drops, fog water content, artificial influence on fog

The paper presents the results of numerical estimates of scattering of a dispersed medium (fog) using thermal and dynamic devices. Numerical modeling methods were used to obtain the results. On the basis of calculations, the use of different classes of combustible substances (kerosene, etc.) was analyzed for thermal dispersion, which is based on heating the air-drop medium to a temperature above the dew point, so that the drops that make up the fog evaporated. Technical devices of various capacities for pumping air from the zone of illumination, that is, using the method of dynamic scattering, are considered. The dynamic method is based on creating a flow of dry air located above the dispersed medium layer. In this case, the drier air coming from above or from the side causes the particles of the dispersed medium to evaporate, which leads to a decrease in its density.

Keywords: dispersed medium, low layered clouds, thermal scattering method, dynamic scattering method, calorific value of substances, zone of enlightenment