Study of interaction between cloud microphysics and chemistry using coupled bin microphysics and bin aqueous chemistry scheme

Aerosol effects on cloud dynamics , microphysics and precipitation : numerical simulations with WRF with spectral ( bin ) microphysics

Microphysics and chemistry in aircraft plumes

Microphysics and heterogeneous chemistry in aircraft plumes – high sensitivity on local meteorology and atmospheric composition S. K. Meilinger, B. Kärcher, and Th. Peter Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Wessling, Germany Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Received: 29 February 2004 –...

Atmospheric Electricity and Cloud Microphysics

The terrestrial atmospheric electrical system covers a range of dimensional scales, from charged molecular clusters to convective cloud systems. Charge-exchange associated with thunderclouds leads to positive charge in the upper conductive regions of the atmosphere and a net negative charge on the planetary surface. In non-thunderstorm regions, a vertical ionic current flows, replenishing the a...

Aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in eastern China: Results from bin and bulk microphysics

[1] Using the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with a spectral-bin microphysics (“SBM”) and measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility field campaign in China (AMF-China), the authors examine aerosol indirect effects (AIE) in the typical cloud regimes of the warm and cold seasons in Southeast China: deep convective clouds (DCC) and stratus clouds (SC),...

The Importance of the Shape of Cloud Droplet Size Distributions in Shallow Cumulus Clouds. Part I: Bin Microphysics Simulations

In this two-part study, the relationships between the width of the cloud droplet size distribution and the microphysical processes and cloud characteristics of nonprecipitating shallow cumulus clouds are investigated using large-eddy simulations. In Part I, simulations are run with a bin microphysics scheme and the relative widths (standard deviation divided by mean diameter) of the simulated c...