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Li, Xiang-YungKTH,Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA
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Effect of turbulence on collisional growth of cloud droplets
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American Meteorological Society,2018
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0081.1DOI
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-158534URI
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Weinvestigate the effect of turbulence on the collisional growth of micrometer-sized droplets through highresolution numerical simulations with well-resolved Kolmogorov scales, assuming a collision and coalescence efficiency of unity. The droplet dynamics and collisions are approximated using a superparticle approach. In the absence of gravity, we show that the time evolution of the shape of the droplet-size distribution due to turbulence-induced collisions depends strongly on the turbulent energy-dissipation rate ε, but only weakly on the Reynolds number. This can be explained through the « dependence of the mean collision rate described by the Saffman-Turner collision model. Consistent with the Saffman-Turner collision model and its extensions, the collision rate increases as ε1/2 even when coalescence is invoked. The size distribution exhibits power-law behavior with a slope of 23.7 from a maximum at approximately 10 up to about 40 mm. When gravity is invoked, turbulence is found to dominate the time evolution of an initially monodisperse droplet distribution at early times. At later times, however, gravity takes over and dominates the collisional growth. We find that the formation of large droplets is very sensitive to the turbulent energy dissipation rate. This is because turbulence enhances the collisional growth between similar-sized droplets at the early stage of raindrop formation. The mean collision rate grows exponentially, which is consistent with the theoretical prediction of the continuous collisional growth even when turbulence-generated collisions are invoked. This consistency only reflects the mean effect of turbulence on collisional growth.
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Brandenburg, AxelStockholms universitet,KTH,Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA,Nordiska institutet för teoretisk fysik (Nordita),Institutionen för astronomi,University of Colorado, USA(Swepub:su)brandenb
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Svensson, GunillaStockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU),Swedish e-Science Research Centre, Sweden; Global & Climate Dynamics, National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA(Swepub:su)gsven
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Haugen, N. E. L.
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Mehlig, B.
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Rogachevskii, lgorKTH,Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA(Swepub:kth)u1d6noho
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Li, Xiang-YuStockholms universitet,Meteorologiska institutionen (MISU),Nordiska institutet för teoretisk fysik (Nordita),Swedish e-Science Research Centre, Sweden; University of Colorado, USA(Swepub:su)xili
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KTHNordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA
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In:Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: American Meteorological Society75:10, s. 3469-34870022-49281520-0469
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