A DNS study of aerosol and small-scale cloud turbulence interaction

Babkovskaia, Natalia; Rannik, Ullar; Phillips, Vaughan; Siebert, Holger; Wehner, Birgit; Boy, Michael

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7889-2016

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29 Jun 2016

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| 29 Jun 2016

A DNS study of aerosol and small-scale cloud turbulence interaction

Natalia Babkovskaia, Ullar Rannik, Vaughan Phillips, Holger Siebert, Birgit Wehner, and Michael Boy

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RC1: 'Excellent novel study on small-scale turbulence interactions of particles and activation', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Respond on the comments of referee 1', Natalia Babkovskaia, 20 May 2016
RC2: 'review for: A DNS study of aerosol and small-scale cloud turbulence interaction', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Respond on comments of referee 2', Natalia Babkovskaia, 20 May 2016

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ED: Publish as is (01 Jun 2016) by Steffen M. Noe

AR by Natalia Babkovskaia on behalf of the Authors (09 Jun 2016)

Short summary

Turbulence, aerosol growth and microphysics of hydrometeors in clouds are intimately coupled. A new modelling approach was applied to quantify this linkage. We study the interaction in the cloud area under transient, high supersaturation conditions, using direct numerical simulations. Analysing the effect of aerosol dynamics on the turbulent kinetic energy and on vertical velocity, we conclude that the presence of aerosol has an effect on vertical motion and tends to reduce downward velocity.