Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening
Marine cloud brightening (MCB) is the deliberate injection of aerosol particles into shallow
marine clouds to increase their reflection of solar radiation and reduce the amount of energy …
marine clouds to increase their reflection of solar radiation and reduce the amount of energy …
Designing a convection‐cloud chamber for collision‐coalescence using large‐eddy simulation with bin microphysics
Collisional growth of cloud droplets is an essential yet uncertain process for drizzle and
precipitation formation. To improve the quantitative understanding of this key component of …
precipitation formation. To improve the quantitative understanding of this key component of …
[HTML][HTML] An Investigation of LES Wall Modeling for Rayleigh–Bénard Convection via Interpretable and Physics-Aware Feedforward Neural Networks with DNS
The traditional approach of using the Monin–Obukhov similarity theory (MOST) to model
near-surface processes in large-eddy simulations (LESs) can lead to significant errors in …
near-surface processes in large-eddy simulations (LESs) can lead to significant errors in …
Glaciation of mixed-phase clouds: insights from bulk model and bin-microphysics large-eddy simulation informed by laboratory experiment
Mixed-phase clouds affect precipitation and radiation differently from liquid and ice clouds,
posing greater challenges to their representation in numerical simulations. Recent …
posing greater challenges to their representation in numerical simulations. Recent …
Cloud droplet size distributions governed by condensation, collision–coalescence, and sedimentation. Part I: Monte Carlo simulations and scaling relations for growth …
J Kuntzleman, SK Krueger… - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Atmospheric clouds are crucial to weather and climate, and the rate at which droplets collide
and coalesce to form precipitation is one of the fundamental controlling processes. A …
and coalesce to form precipitation is one of the fundamental controlling processes. A …
Fast and slow microphysics regimes in a minimalist model of cloudy Rayleigh-Bénard convection
A minimalist model of microphysical properties in cloudy Rayleigh-Bénard convection is
developed based on mass and number balances for cloud droplets growing by vapor …
developed based on mass and number balances for cloud droplets growing by vapor …
The Dual Nature of Entrainment-Mixing Signatures Revealed Through Large-Eddy Simulations of a Convection-Cloud Chamber
Entrainment of subsaturated air into a cloud can influence its optical and microphysical
properties in various ways, depending on the droplet evaporation and turbulent mixing time …
properties in various ways, depending on the droplet evaporation and turbulent mixing time …
Cloud microphysical response to entrainment and mixing is locally inhomogeneous and globally homogeneous: Evidence from the lab
Entrainment of dry air into clouds strongly influences cloud optical and precipitation
properties and the response of clouds to aerosol perturbations. The response of cloud …
properties and the response of clouds to aerosol perturbations. The response of cloud …
[HTML][HTML] Detection of small drizzle droplets in a large cloud chamber using ultrahigh-resolution radar
A large convection–cloud chamber has the potential to produce drizzle-sized droplets, thus
offering a new opportunity to investigate aerosol–cloud–drizzle interactions at a fundamental …
offering a new opportunity to investigate aerosol–cloud–drizzle interactions at a fundamental …
Cloud droplet size distributions governed by condensation, collision–coalescence, and sedimentation. Part II: Analytical expressions for size distribution shape and …
J Kuntzleman, SK Krueger… - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Droplet growth via condensation and collision–coalescence has been investigated in the
limit of very weak coalescence growth: a collector-mode approximation emerges for …
limit of very weak coalescence growth: a collector-mode approximation emerges for …