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DOI | 10.5194/acp-19-10739-2019 |
Core and margin in warm convective clouds - Part 2: Aerosol effects on core properties | |
Heiblum, Reuven H.1; Pinto, Lital1; Altaratz, Orit1; Dagan, Guy1,2; Koren, Ilan1 | |
2019-08-26 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
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ISSN | 1680-7316 |
EISSN | 1680-7324 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 19期号:16页码:10739-10755 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel; England |
英文摘要 | The effects of aerosol on warm convective cloud cores are evaluated using single cloud and cloud field simulations. Three core definitions are examined: positive vertical velocity (W-core), supersaturation (RHcore), and positive buoyancy (B-core). As presented in Part 1 (Heiblum et al., 2019), the property B-core subset of RHcore subset of W-core is seen during growth of warm convective clouds. We show that this property is kept irrespective of aerosol concentration. During dissipation core fractions generally decrease with less overlap between cores. However, for clouds that develop in low aerosol concentrations capable of producing precipitation, B-core and subsequently Wcore volume fractions may increase during dissipation (i.e., loss of cloud mass). The RHcore volume fraction decreases during cloud lifetime and shows minor sensitivity to aerosol concentration. It is shown that a B-core forms due to two processes: (i) convective updrafts - condensation within supersaturated updrafts and release of latent heat- and (ii) dissipative downdrafts - subsaturated cloudy downdrafts that warm during descent and "undershoot" the level of neutral buoyancy. The former process occurs during cloud growth for all aerosol concentrations. The latter process only occurs for low aerosol concentrations during dissipation and precipitation stages where large mean drop sizes permit slow evaporation rates and subsaturation during descent. The aerosol effect on the diffusion efficiencies plays a crucial role in the development of the cloud and its partition to core and margin. Using the RHcore definition, it is shown that the total cloud mass is mostly dictated by core processes, while the total cloud volume is mostly dictated by margin processes. Increase in aerosol concentration increases the core (mass and volume) due to enhanced condensation but also decreases the margin due to evaporation. In clean clouds larger droplets evaporate much slower, enabling preservation of cloud size, and even increase by detrainment and dilution (volume increases while losing mass). This explains how despite having smaller cores and less mass, cleaner clouds may live longer and grow to larger sizes. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000483022800003 |
WOS关键词 | SHALLOW CUMULUS CLOUDS ; LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION ; LIFE-CYCLE ; CONDENSATION ; MICROPHYSICS ; UPDRAFT ; GROWTH ; MODEL ; RAIN ; PRECIPITATION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/186122 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Earth & Planetary Sci, Rehovot, Israel; 2.Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Atmospher Ocean & Planetary Phys, Oxford, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Heiblum, Reuven H.,Pinto, Lital,Altaratz, Orit,et al. Core and margin in warm convective clouds - Part 2: Aerosol effects on core properties[J]. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,2019,19(16):10739-10755. |
APA | Heiblum, Reuven H.,Pinto, Lital,Altaratz, Orit,Dagan, Guy,&Koren, Ilan.(2019).Core and margin in warm convective clouds - Part 2: Aerosol effects on core properties.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,19(16),10739-10755. |
MLA | Heiblum, Reuven H.,et al."Core and margin in warm convective clouds - Part 2: Aerosol effects on core properties".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 19.16(2019):10739-10755. |
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