Simple two-dimensional kinematic framework designed to test warm rain microphysical models |
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| Authors: | Marcin J Szumowski Wojciech W Grabowski Harry T Ochs III |
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| Institution: | aDepartment of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA;bIllinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL, USA;cNational Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA |
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| Abstract: | This paper describes a two-dimensional kinematic framework designed to test warm rain microphysical models. The idealized flow field is based on a case study from the Hawaiian Rainband Project (1990). Analyses of radar and aircraft data collected in convective cells embedded in Hawaiian rainbands are included for model validation. A Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) activation spectrum, a condensational growth equation including the CCN chemical composition, collection efficiencies, and terminal velocities of the growing drops, are all provided. A sample set of figures from the test run with bulk microphysical parameterization illustrates the desired format for comparisons between the detailed model results and for validation of the model output with observations. This simple yet realistic test formulation includes vertical and horizontal advection, and can be used to evaluate microphysical model performance without complexities resulting from dynamical–microphysical interactions in dynamic cloud models. Without such interactions, scientists can focus on key physical processes involved in the formation of warm rain. The accurate representation of these processes in detailed models is essential to successfully simulate the observed evolution of warm precipitating clouds. |
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| Keywords: | Two-dimensional kinematic framework Microphysical models Warm rain |
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