Lecture 11 Growth of Cloud Droplet in Warm Clouds讲座11云微滴的生长.pptVIP

* PHYS 622 - Clouds, spring ‘04, lect.4, Platnick PHYS 622 - Clouds, spring ‘04, lect.4, Platnick Approach: We begin with a continuum approach (small droplets are uniformly distributed, such that any volume of air - no matter how small - has a proportional amount of liquid water. A full stochastic equation is necessary for proper modeling (accounts for probabilities associated with the “fortunate few” large drops that dominate growth). Neither approach accounts for cloud inhomogeneities (regions of larger LWC) that appear important in “warm cloud” rain formation. Water Droplet Growth -