The onset of precipitation in warm cumulus clouds: An observational case-study

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 136, Issue 647, 2010, Pages 374-381

  Burnet, Frédéric ^a   Brenguier, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aircraft measurements; Microphysics; Warm rain process

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; CLOUD DYNAMICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; CUMULUS CLOUD; DROPLET NUMBER; GROUND RADARS; INITIAL STAGES; MICROPHYSICS; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RANGE-HEIGHT INDICATORS; SMALL CUMULUS MICROPHYSICS STUDIES;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; RADAR; RAIN;

CLOUDS;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; DROPLET; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949411570     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.552     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Baker B, Brenguier J-L. 2007. Radar and in situ observations of small cumulus: Physical interpretations of radar Bragg scatter. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 133: 1677-1692.
2. Baker MB, Corbin RG, Latham J. 1980. The influence of entrainment on the evolution of cloud droplet spectra. I: A model of inhomogeneous mixing. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 106: 581-598.
3. Beard KV, Ochs III HT. 1993. Warm-rain initiation: An overview of microphysical mechanisms. J. Appl. Meteorol. 32: 608-625.
4. Berry EX, Reinhardt RL. 1974. An analysis of cloud drop growth by collection. Part I: Double distributions. J. Atmos. Sci. 31: 1814-1824
5. Betts AK. 1973. Non-precipitating cumulus convection and its parameterization. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 99: 178-196.
6. Blyth AM, Lasher-Trapp SG, Cooper WA, Knight CA, Latham J. 2003. The role of giant and ultragiant nuclei in the formation of early radar echoes in warm cumulus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci. 60: 2557-2572.
7. Brenguier J-L, Bourrianne T, de Araujo Coelho A, Isbert J, Peytavi R, Trevarin D, Weschler P. 1998. Improvements of the droplet size distribution measurements with the Fast-FSSP. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 15: 1077-1090.
8. Burnet F, Brenguier J-L. 2002. Comparison between standard and modified Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probes during the Small Cumulus Microphysics Study. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 19: 1516-1531.
9. Burnet F, Brenguier J-L. 2007. Observational study of the entrainment- mixing process in warm convective clouds. J. Atmos. Sci. 64: 1995-2011.
10. Göke S, Ochs III HT, Rauber RM.2007.Radaranalysisofprecipitation initiationinmaritimeversuscontinental clouds near theFloridacoast: Inferences concerning the role of CCN and giant nuclei. J. Atmos. Sci. 64: 3695-3707.
11. Hudson JG, Yum SS. 2001. Maritime-continental drizzle contrasts in small cumuli. J. Atmos. Sci. 58: 915-926.
12. IAPSAG. 2007. WMO/IUGG International Aerosol Precipitation Science Assessment Group (IAPSAG) Report: Aerosol pollution impact on precipitation: A scientific review. World Meteorological Organization: Geneva.
13. Johnson DB. 1982. The role of giant and ultragiant aerosol particles in warm rain initiation. J. Atmos. Sci. 39: 448-460.
14. Khain AP, Pinsky MB. 1997. Turbulence effects on the collision kernel. II: Increase of the swept volume of colliding drops. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 123: 1543-1560.
15. Klett JD, Davis MH. 1973. Theoretical collision efficiencies of cloud droplets at small Reynolds numbers. J. Atmos. Sci. 30: 107-117
16. Knight CA, Miller LJ. 1998. Early radar echoes from small, warm cumulus: Bragg and hydrometeor scattering. J. Atmos. Sci. 55: 2974-2992.
17. Pawlowska H, Brenguier J-L. 2003. An observational study of drizzle formation in stratocumulus clouds for GCM parameterizations. J. Geophys. Res. 108: 8630, DOI:10.1029/2002JD002679.
18. rd edition. Pergamon: Oxford, New York.
19. Telford JW, Keck TS, Chai SK. 1984. Entrainment at cloud tops and the droplet spectra. J. Atmos. Sci. 41: 3170-3179.
20. Xue Y, Wang L-P, Grabowski WW. 2008. Growth of cloud droplets by turbulent collision-coalescence. J. Atmos. Sci. 65: 331-356