Reviews of Geophysics, ISSN 8755-1209, 06/2015, Volume 53, Issue 2, pp. 247 - 322
Most atmospheric motions of different spatial scales and precipitation are closely related to phase transitions in clouds. The continuously increasing...
cloud microphysics | cloud‐resolving models | bulk parameterization | spectral bin microphysics | numerical modeling | cloud-resolving models | MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS | PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | 10-11 JUNE 1985 | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | PREDICTION-SYSTEM SHIPS | SEEDING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS | FAST-FSSP MEASUREMENTS | HETEROGENEOUS ICE NUCLEATION | IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS | MARINE BOUNDARY-LAYER | Clouds | Cyclones | Climate Research | Naturvetenskap | Klimatforskning | Natural Sciences | Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap | Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
cloud microphysics | cloud‐resolving models | bulk parameterization | spectral bin microphysics | numerical modeling | cloud-resolving models | MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS | PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | 10-11 JUNE 1985 | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | PREDICTION-SYSTEM SHIPS | SEEDING CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | LARGE-EDDY SIMULATIONS | FAST-FSSP MEASUREMENTS | HETEROGENEOUS ICE NUCLEATION | IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS | MARINE BOUNDARY-LAYER | Clouds | Cyclones | Climate Research | Naturvetenskap | Klimatforskning | Natural Sciences | Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap | Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Journal Article
Monthly Weather Review, ISSN 0027-0644, 01/2012, Volume 140, Issue 1, pp. 202 - 225
Idealized simulations of the 15 May 2009 squall line from the Second Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX2) are evaluated in...
Cloud microphysics | Squall lines | Numerical analysis/modeling | PART I | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | DEEP CONVECTIVE STORMS | RESOLVING MODELS | LIQUID WATER | RAINDROP SPECTRA | PHASE STRATIFORM CLOUDS | BULK ICE SCHEME | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODEL | NUMERICAL-SIMULATION | Studies | Precipitation | Cold | Clouds | General circulation models | Ice | Meteorology | Turbulence | Turbulent flow | Horizontal | Simulation | Vortices | Fluid flow | Pools | Squalls
Cloud microphysics | Squall lines | Numerical analysis/modeling | PART I | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | DEEP CONVECTIVE STORMS | RESOLVING MODELS | LIQUID WATER | RAINDROP SPECTRA | PHASE STRATIFORM CLOUDS | BULK ICE SCHEME | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | GENERAL-CIRCULATION MODEL | NUMERICAL-SIMULATION | Studies | Precipitation | Cold | Clouds | General circulation models | Ice | Meteorology | Turbulence | Turbulent flow | Horizontal | Simulation | Vortices | Fluid flow | Pools | Squalls
Journal Article
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, ISSN 2169-897X, 12/2014, Volume 119, Issue 24, pp. 13,919 - 13,945
Ten 3‐D cloud‐resolving model (CRM) simulations and four 3‐D limited area model (LAM) simulations of an intense mesoscale convective system observed on 23–24...
limited area models | precipitation | rain microphysics | cloud‐resolving models | mesoscale convective systems | Rain microphysics | Cloud-resolving models | Precipitation | Limited area models | Mesoscale convective systems | PART I | MIDLATITUDE SQUALL LINE | MULTIMOMENT BULK MICROPHYSICS | PARAMETERIZATION | SENSITIVITY | STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION | RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION | TROPICAL CONVECTION | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | POLARIZED RADAR | DUAL-FREQUENCY PROFILER | Rain | Clouds | Atmospheric models | Meteorology | Retrieval | Computer simulation | Raindrops | Rainfall | Doppler effect | Microphysics | Sorting
limited area models | precipitation | rain microphysics | cloud‐resolving models | mesoscale convective systems | Rain microphysics | Cloud-resolving models | Precipitation | Limited area models | Mesoscale convective systems | PART I | MIDLATITUDE SQUALL LINE | MULTIMOMENT BULK MICROPHYSICS | PARAMETERIZATION | SENSITIVITY | STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION | RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION | TROPICAL CONVECTION | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | POLARIZED RADAR | DUAL-FREQUENCY PROFILER | Rain | Clouds | Atmospheric models | Meteorology | Retrieval | Computer simulation | Raindrops | Rainfall | Doppler effect | Microphysics | Sorting
Journal Article
2014, ISBN 0123742668, Volume 104
This chapter reviews the basic microphysics governing the formation and growth of the liquid drops and ice crystals that occur in clouds. The various physical...
Nucleation | Continuous collection | Riming | Sublimation | Water continuity | Cold cloud | Warm cloud | Evaporation | Microphysics | Bin parameterization | Condensation | Aggregation | Ice particles | Secondary ice particle production | Bulk parameterization | Breakup | Coalescence | Deposition | Stochastic collection
Nucleation | Continuous collection | Riming | Sublimation | Water continuity | Cold cloud | Warm cloud | Evaporation | Microphysics | Bin parameterization | Condensation | Aggregation | Ice particles | Secondary ice particle production | Bulk parameterization | Breakup | Coalescence | Deposition | Stochastic collection
Book Chapter
Monthly Weather Review, ISSN 0027-0644, 12/2018, Volume 146, Issue 12, pp. 4115 - 4153
The Ferrier-Aligo (FA) microphysics scheme has been running operationally in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) North American Mesoscale...
Numerical weather prediction/forecasting | Cloud microphysics | Clouds | Cloud resolving models | Cloud parameterizations | BULK PARAMETERIZATION | PART I | forecasting | AUTOCONVERSION PROCESS | MICROSCALE STRUCTURE | SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | CLOUD CLUSTERS | Numerical weather prediction | MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES | DROP SIZE | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | CIRRUS CLOUDS
Numerical weather prediction/forecasting | Cloud microphysics | Clouds | Cloud resolving models | Cloud parameterizations | BULK PARAMETERIZATION | PART I | forecasting | AUTOCONVERSION PROCESS | MICROSCALE STRUCTURE | SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | CLOUD CLUSTERS | Numerical weather prediction | MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES | DROP SIZE | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | CIRRUS CLOUDS
Journal Article
Monthly Weather Review, ISSN 0027-0644, 05/2010, Volume 138, Issue 5, pp. 1587 - 1612
A new double-moment bulk cloud microphysics scheme, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Double-Moment 6-class (WDM6) Microphysics scheme, which is based...
Cloud microphysics | Rainfall | Climate models | Condensation | Forecasting | DEEP CONVECTION | MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS | PART I | NUMERICAL-MODEL | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | PARAMETERIZATION | RESOLVING MODEL | CONVECTIVE STORMS | BULK MICROPHYSICS | RAINDROP SPECTRA | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Rain | Clouds | Weather forecasting | Meteorology | Weather | Climatology | Precipitation | Computer simulation | Droplets | Microphysics
Cloud microphysics | Rainfall | Climate models | Condensation | Forecasting | DEEP CONVECTION | MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS | PART I | NUMERICAL-MODEL | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | PARAMETERIZATION | RESOLVING MODEL | CONVECTIVE STORMS | BULK MICROPHYSICS | RAINDROP SPECTRA | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Rain | Clouds | Weather forecasting | Meteorology | Weather | Climatology | Precipitation | Computer simulation | Droplets | Microphysics
Journal Article
Geoscientific Model Development, ISSN 1991-959X, 01/2018, Volume 11, Issue 1, pp. 103 - 120
We report the development of a novel Lagrangian microphysics methodology for simulations of warm ice-free clouds. The approach applies the traditional Eulerian...
ENVIRONMENT INTERFACE INSTABILITY | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | PARAMETERIZATION | SUPERSATURATION | SPATIAL DIMENSIONS | AEROSOL ACTIVATION | CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | MODEL | SIMULATION | BULK | CUMULUS CLOUD | Clouds | Analysis | Atmospheric physics | Temperature | Cloud droplet concentration | Methodology | Drizzle | Cloud microphysics | Activation | Cloud condensation nuclei | Condensation | Nuclei | Rain | Water vapour | Thermodynamic fields | Dynamics | Droplets | Modelling | Hygroscopicity | Condensation nuclei | Computer simulation | Eulerian method | Supersaturation | Momentum | Water vapor | Microphysics | Simulation | Volume | Computer applications | Mixing ratio | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENT INTERFACE INSTABILITY | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | PARAMETERIZATION | SUPERSATURATION | SPATIAL DIMENSIONS | AEROSOL ACTIVATION | CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | MODEL | SIMULATION | BULK | CUMULUS CLOUD | Clouds | Analysis | Atmospheric physics | Temperature | Cloud droplet concentration | Methodology | Drizzle | Cloud microphysics | Activation | Cloud condensation nuclei | Condensation | Nuclei | Rain | Water vapour | Thermodynamic fields | Dynamics | Droplets | Modelling | Hygroscopicity | Condensation nuclei | Computer simulation | Eulerian method | Supersaturation | Momentum | Water vapor | Microphysics | Simulation | Volume | Computer applications | Mixing ratio | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Journal Article
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, ISSN 0148-0227, 08/2012, Volume 117, Issue D16, p. n/a
Using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with a spectral‐bin microphysics (“SBM”) and measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement...
deep convective clouds | aerosol‐cloud interaction | bin scheme | aerosol invigoration effect | PART I | ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS | STRATIFORM CLOUDS | AIR-POLLUTION | SQUALL LINE | LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION | VAPOR-DEPOSITION | MESOSCALE MODEL MM5 | CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | SPECTRAL BIN | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Earth | Climate change | Chemistry | Clouds | High performance computing | Troposphere | Geophysics | Air pollution | Atmospheric sciences | Physics
deep convective clouds | aerosol‐cloud interaction | bin scheme | aerosol invigoration effect | PART I | ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS | STRATIFORM CLOUDS | AIR-POLLUTION | SQUALL LINE | LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION | VAPOR-DEPOSITION | MESOSCALE MODEL MM5 | CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | SPECTRAL BIN | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Earth | Climate change | Chemistry | Clouds | High performance computing | Troposphere | Geophysics | Air pollution | Atmospheric sciences | Physics
Journal Article
Monthly Weather Review, ISSN 0027-0644, 2009, Volume 137, Issue 3, pp. 991 - 1007
A new two-moment cloud microphysics scheme predicting the mixing ratios and number concentrations of five species (i.e., cloud droplets, cloud ice, snow, rain,...
PART I | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | FRONTAL RAINBANDS | CONVECTIVE STORMS | BULK ICE SCHEME | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 10-11 JUNE 1985 | DOPPLER RADAR | NUMERICAL-SIMULATION | DOWNDRAFTS DRIVEN | MICROSCALE STRUCTURE | Studies | Precipitation | Models | Evaporation | Meteorology
PART I | EXPLICIT FORECASTS | FRONTAL RAINBANDS | CONVECTIVE STORMS | BULK ICE SCHEME | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 10-11 JUNE 1985 | DOPPLER RADAR | NUMERICAL-SIMULATION | DOWNDRAFTS DRIVEN | MICROSCALE STRUCTURE | Studies | Precipitation | Models | Evaporation | Meteorology
Journal Article
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, ISSN 0022-4928, 02/2013, Volume 70, Issue 2, pp. 410 - 429
A method to predict the bulk density of graupel rho(g) has been added to the two-moment Milbrandt-Yau bulk microphysics scheme. The simulation of graupel using...
Cloud resolving models | Parameterization | Cloud parameterizations | PARTICLE TERMINAL VELOCITIES | PARAMETERIZATION | POWER LAWS | ICE MICROPHYSICS | CLOUD MICROPHYSICS | KINEMATIC FRAMEWORK | STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION | TROPICAL CONVECTION | MODEL | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | SIMULATED SQUALL LINE | Parameter estimation | Usage | Nucleation | Cloud physics | Clouds | Dynamics | Analysis | Methods | Simulation methods | Precipitation | Ice | Bulk density | Computer simulation | Categories | Graupel | Mathematical models | Droplets | Density | Atmospherics
Cloud resolving models | Parameterization | Cloud parameterizations | PARTICLE TERMINAL VELOCITIES | PARAMETERIZATION | POWER LAWS | ICE MICROPHYSICS | CLOUD MICROPHYSICS | KINEMATIC FRAMEWORK | STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION | TROPICAL CONVECTION | MODEL | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | SIMULATED SQUALL LINE | Parameter estimation | Usage | Nucleation | Cloud physics | Clouds | Dynamics | Analysis | Methods | Simulation methods | Precipitation | Ice | Bulk density | Computer simulation | Categories | Graupel | Mathematical models | Droplets | Density | Atmospherics
Journal Article
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, ISSN 0022-4928, 2015, Volume 72, Issue 2, pp. 910 - 925
Single-moment microphysics schemes have long enjoyed popularity for their simplicity and efficiency. However, in this article it is argued through theoretical...
MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS | PART I | MULTIMOMENT BULK MICROPHYSICS | MIDLATITUDE SQUALL LINE | CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI | CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER | STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION | TROPICAL CONVECTION | MODEL DESCRIPTION | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Environmental aspects | Cumulus clouds | Cloud physics | Clouds | Dynamics | Analysis | Scholarships & fellowships | Models | Meteorology | Environmental conditions | Parametrization | Precipitation | Atmospheres | Computer simulation | Simulation | Mathematical models | Representations | Microphysics
MIXED-PHASE CLOUDS | PART I | MULTIMOMENT BULK MICROPHYSICS | MIDLATITUDE SQUALL LINE | CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI | CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | ENSEMBLE KALMAN FILTER | STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION | TROPICAL CONVECTION | MODEL DESCRIPTION | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | Environmental aspects | Cumulus clouds | Cloud physics | Clouds | Dynamics | Analysis | Scholarships & fellowships | Models | Meteorology | Environmental conditions | Parametrization | Precipitation | Atmospheres | Computer simulation | Simulation | Mathematical models | Representations | Microphysics
Journal Article
Atmospheric Research, ISSN 0169-8095, 01/2019, Volume 215, pp. 214 - 238
The microphysics of precipitation has to be parameterized in Earth System Models (ESM), Global Circulation/Climate Models (GCMs), Cloud Resolving Models...
DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL | IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS | SPECTRAL BIN MICROPHYSICS | 2-MOMENT BULK MICROPHYSICS | LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION | DOUBLE-MOMENT MICROPHYSICS | DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | BERGERON-FINDEISEN PROCESS | SUBGRID-SCALE VARIABILITY | Weather | Meteorological research | Global temperature changes | Analysis | Models | Atmospheric physics | Climate models | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Numerical weather forecasting
DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS | COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL | IN-SITU MEASUREMENTS | SPECTRAL BIN MICROPHYSICS | 2-MOMENT BULK MICROPHYSICS | LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION | DOUBLE-MOMENT MICROPHYSICS | DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | BERGERON-FINDEISEN PROCESS | SUBGRID-SCALE VARIABILITY | Weather | Meteorological research | Global temperature changes | Analysis | Models | Atmospheric physics | Climate models | Precipitation (Meteorology) | Numerical weather forecasting
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