Theoretical study of mixing in liquid clouds – Part 1: Classical concepts

Korolev, Alexei; Khain, Alex; Pinsky, Mark; French, Jeffrey

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9235-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9235-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9235-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

Research article

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28 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 28 Jul 2016

Theoretical study of mixing in liquid clouds – Part 1: Classical concepts

Alexei Korolev, Alex Khain, Mark Pinsky, and Jeffrey French

Data sets

Flight Level Data from the University of Wyoming King Air during the Convective Precipitation Experiment-Microphysics and Entrainment Dependencies (COPE-MED), Version 1.0 University of Wyoming, Research Flight Center https://doi.org/10.15786/M2MW2S

Short summary

Relationships between basic microphysical parameters are studied within the framework of homogeneous and extreme inhomogeneous mixing. Analytical expressions and numerical simulations of relationships between droplet concentration, extinction coefficient, liquid water content, and mean volume droplet size are presented. The obtained relationships between moments are used to identify type of mixing for in situ observations obtained in convective clouds.