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DOI | 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0006.1 |
Influence of Turbulent Fluctuations on Cloud Droplet Size Dispersion and Aerosol Indirect Effects | |
Chandrakar, K. K.; Cantrell, W.; Shaw, R. A.1 | |
2018-09-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
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ISSN | 0022-4928 |
EISSN | 1520-0469 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 75期号:9页码:3191-3209 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Cloud droplet relative dispersion, defined as the standard deviation over the mean cloud droplet size, is of central importance in determining and understanding aerosol indirect effects. In recent work, it was found that cloud droplet size distributions become broader as a result of supersaturation variability and that the sensitivity of this effect is inversely related to cloud droplet number density. The subject is investigated in further detail using an extensive dataset from a laboratory cloud chamber capable of producing steady-state turbulence. An extended stochastic theory is found to successfully describe properties of the droplet size distribution, including an analytical expression for the relative dispersion. The latter is found to depend on the cloud droplet removal time, which in turn increases with the cloud droplet number density. The results show that relative dispersion decreases monotonically with increasing droplet number density, consistent with some recent atmospheric observations. Experiments spanning fast to slow microphysics regimes are reported. The observed dispersion is used to estimate time scales for autoconversion, demonstrating the important role of the turbulence-induced broadening effect on precipitation development. An initial effort is made to extend the stochastic theory to an atmospheric context with a steady updraft, for which autoconversion time is the controlling factor for droplet lifetime. As in the cloud chamber, relative dispersion is found to increase with decreasing cloud droplet number density. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000442563700002 |
WOS关键词 | CUMULUS CLOUDS ; STOCHASTIC CONDENSATION ; STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS ; SPECTRAL DISPERSION ; STRATIFORM CLOUDS ; EFFECTIVE RADIUS ; PARAMETERIZATION ; DISTRIBUTIONS ; MICROPHYSICS ; GROWTH |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | 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/29645 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Michigan Technol Univ, Atmospher Sci Program, Houghton, MI 49931 USA; 2.Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chandrakar, K. K.,Cantrell, W.,Shaw, R. A.. Influence of Turbulent Fluctuations on Cloud Droplet Size Dispersion and Aerosol Indirect Effects[J]. JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES,2018,75(9):3191-3209. |
APA | Chandrakar, K. K.,Cantrell, W.,&Shaw, R. A..(2018).Influence of Turbulent Fluctuations on Cloud Droplet Size Dispersion and Aerosol Indirect Effects.JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES,75(9),3191-3209. |
MLA | Chandrakar, K. K.,et al."Influence of Turbulent Fluctuations on Cloud Droplet Size Dispersion and Aerosol Indirect Effects".JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 75.9(2018):3191-3209. |
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