Articles | Volume 18, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16619-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-16619-2018
Research article
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23 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 23 Nov 2018

Direct Lagrangian tracking simulation of droplet growth in vertically developing cloud

Yuichi Kunishima and Ryo Onishi

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This paper shows the tracking simulation of motions and growth of the entire cloud particles, including aerosols and rain drops, in vertically developing clouds. A cutting-edge direct simulation code (i.e., the Lagrangian cloud simulator) has been run for an extremely vertically elongated three-dimensional domain, with 1 cm in width and 3 km in depth. This unique domain makes the computation-demanding simulation feasible and has led to the success of the present full tracking simulation.
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