Turbulent effects on the microphysics and initiation of warm rain in deep convective clouds: 2-D simulations by a spectral mixed-phase microphysics cloud model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Benmoshe, N ^a   Pinsky, M ^a   Pokrovsky, A ^a   Khain, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DROPS; ICE; PHYSICS; RAIN; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

2-D MODEL; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL EFFECT; AMAZON REGION; BIN MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD MODELS; COLLISION RATE; CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DROPLET COLLISION; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GRID POINTS; HEBREW UNIVERSITY CLOUD MODELS; IN-SITU; LARGE-SCALE BIOSPHERE-ATMOSPHERE EXPERIMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MICROPHYSICS; MIXED PHASE; MIXED-PHASE CLOUD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; TAYLOR-MICROSCALE REYNOLDS NUMBER; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TIME STEP; TURBULENCE EFFECT; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT COLLISIONS; TURBULENT DISSIPATION RATES; TURBULENT EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINDROP; RAINFALL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AMAZONIA;

EID: 84859448574     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016603     Document Type: Article

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