Theoretical investigation of mixing in warm clouds – Part 2: Homogeneous
mixing

Pinsky, Mark; Khain, Alexander; Korolev, Alexei; Magaritz-Ronen, Leehi

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9255-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9255-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-9255-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 14

Research article

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28 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 28 Jul 2016

Theoretical investigation of mixing in warm clouds – Part 2: Homogeneous mixing

Mark Pinsky, Alexander Khain, Alexei Korolev, and Leehi Magaritz-Ronen

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RC C11945: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Jan 2016
- AC C13439: 'response to comments and remarks of reviewer 1', Alex Khain, 11 Apr 2016
RC C12160: 'Review of "Theoretical study of mixing in liquid clouds - part 2: homogeneous mixing"', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Feb 2016
- AC C13440: 'response to comments and remarks of reviewer 2', Alex Khain, 11 Apr 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Alex Khain on behalf of the Authors (11 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Apr 2016) by Timothy Garrett

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (11 May 2016)

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (Editor review) (18 May 2016) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Alex Khain on behalf of the Authors (30 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (03 Jun 2016) by Timothy Garrett

AR by Alex Khain on behalf of the Authors (23 Jun 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

The evolution of monodisperse and polydisperse droplet size distributions (DSDs) during homogeneous mixing is analyzed. It is shown that the classic conceptual scheme, according to which homogeneous mixing leads to a decrease in the droplet mass under constant droplet concentration, is valid only in cases of initially very narrow DSDs. In cases of wide DSDs a decrease of both mass and concentration take place such that the characteristic droplet sizes remain nearly constant.