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Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
Articles | Volume 16, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-7889-2016
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29 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 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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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.
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