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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14727-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-14727-2017
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Research article
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11 Dec 2017
Research article |
| 11 Dec 2017
Illustration of microphysical processes in Amazonian deep convective clouds in the gamma phase space: introduction and potential applications
Micael A. Cecchini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Luiz A. T. Machado
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
Manfred Wendisch
Leipziger Institut für Meteorologie (LIM), Universität Leipzig, Stephanstr. 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Anja Costa
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Martina Krämer
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Meinrat O. Andreae
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Armin Afchine
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung (IEK-7), Jülich, Germany
Rachel I. Albrecht
Departamento de Ciências Atmosféricas, Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Paulo Artaxo
Instituto de Física (IF), Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
Stephan Borrmann
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Daniel Fütterer
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Thomas Klimach
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Christoph Mahnke
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Scot T. Martin
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Andreas Minikin
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Flugexperimente, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Sergej Molleker
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre (IPA), Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
Lianet H. Pardo
Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil
Christopher Pöhlker
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Mira L. Pöhlker
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Ulrich Pöschl
Biogeochemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, and Particle Chemistry Departments, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, P.O. Box 3060, 55020 Mainz, Germany
Daniel Rosenfeld
Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Bernadett Weinzierl
Institut für Physik der Atmosphäre, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, 82234 Wessling, Germany
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Meteorologisches Institut, Munich, Germany
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Short summary
This study introduces and explores the concept of gamma phase space. This space is able to represent all possible variations in the cloud droplet size distributions (DSDs). The methodology was applied to recent in situ aircraft measurements over the Amazon. It is shown that the phase space is able to represent several processes occurring in the clouds in a simple manner. The consequences for cloud studies, modeling, and the representation of the transition from warm to mixed phase are discussed.
This study introduces and explores the concept of gamma phase space. This space is able to...
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