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Research article
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29 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 29 Jul 2016
Conditions for super-adiabatic droplet growth after entrainment mixing
Fan Yang
Atmospheric Sciences Program and Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
Atmospheric Sciences Program and Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
Huiwen Xue
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
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When dry air is mixed into a cloud, droplets evaporate. If the diluted cloud mixture continues to rise, the remaining droplets will grow. In this work we show theoretically and computationally that a critical height exists, above which the droplets in a mixed, diluted cloud volume become larger than those in an undiluted volume. An environment that is humid and aerosol free is most favorable for producing such large droplets, which may contribute to the onset of precipitation formation.
When dry air is mixed into a cloud, droplets evaporate. If the diluted cloud mixture continues...
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