Articles | Volume 16, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9235-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9235-2016
Research article
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28 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 28 Jul 2016

Theoretical study of mixing in liquid clouds – Part 1: Classical concepts

Alexei Korolev, Alex Khain, Mark Pinsky, and Jeffrey French

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Relationships between basic microphysical parameters are studied within the framework of homogeneous and extreme inhomogeneous mixing. Analytical expressions and numerical simulations of relationships between droplet concentration, extinction coefficient, liquid water content, and mean volume droplet size are presented. The obtained relationships between moments are used to identify type of mixing for in situ observations obtained in convective clouds.
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