Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4991-2019
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4991-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Turbulence-induced cloud voids: observation and interpretation
Katarzyna Karpińska
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Jonathan F. E. Bodenschatz
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Jakub L. Nowak
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Steffen Risius
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
Tina Schmeissner
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Raymond A. Shaw
Physics Department, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
Holger Siebert
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
Hengdong Xi
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
Haitao Xu
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
Eberhard Bodenschatz
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
Data sets
Data supporting the paper "Turbulence Induced Cloud Voids: Observation and Interpretation" K. Karpinska, J. F. E. Bodenschatz, S. P. Malinowski, J. L. Nowak, S. Risius, T. Schmeissner, R. A. Shaw, H. Siebert, H. Xi, H. Xu, and E. Bodenschatz https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.21345.35689
Short summary
Observations of clouds at a mountain-top laboratory revealed for the first time the presence of “voids”, i.e., elongated volumes inside a cloud that are devoid of droplets. Theoretical and numerical analyses suggest that these voids are a result of strong and long-lasting vortex presence in turbulent air. If this is confirmed in further investigation, the effect may become an important part of models describing cloud evolution and rain formation.
Observations of clouds at a mountain-top laboratory revealed for the first time the presence of...
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