Influence of turbulence on the drop growth in warm clouds, Part II: Sensitivity studies with a spectral bin microphysics and a Lagrangian cloud model

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 293-311

  Riechelmann, Theres ^a   Wacker, Ulrike ^b   Beheng, Klaus D ^c   Etling, Dieter ^a   Raasch, Siegfried ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drop collision; Lagrangian cloud model; Spectral bin model; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINDROP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; TURBULENCE;

EID: 84937200810     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/metz/2015/0608     Document Type: Article

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