Impact of aerosols and turbulence on cloud droplet growth: an in-cloud seeding case study using a parcel–DNS (direct numerical simulation) approach

Chen, Sisi; Xue, Lulin; Yau, Man-Kong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10111-2020

Articles | Volume 20, issue 17

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10111-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-10111-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 17

Research article

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31 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 31 Aug 2020

Impact of aerosols and turbulence on cloud droplet growth: an in-cloud seeding case study using a parcel–DNS (direct numerical simulation) approach

Sisi Chen, Lulin Xue, and Man-Kong Yau

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RC1: 'Review of Chen et al. (2019)', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to comments by reviewer #1 and reviewer #2', Sisi Chen, 11 May 2020
RC2: 'Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Nov 2019
AC2: 'Reply to comments by reviewer #1 and reviewer #2', Sisi Chen, 11 May 2020

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

AR by Sisi Chen on behalf of the Authors (11 May 2020) Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (05 Jun 2020) by Corinna Hoose

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Jun 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (21 Jun 2020)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (22 Jun 2020) by Corinna Hoose

AR by Sisi Chen on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Jul 2020) by Corinna Hoose

AR by Sisi Chen on behalf of the Authors (25 Jul 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This study employs a parcel–DNS (direct numerical simulation) modeling framework to accurately resolve the aerosol–droplet–turbulence interactions in an ascending air parcel. The effect of turbulence, aerosol hygroscopicity, and aerosol mass loading on droplet growth and rain formation is investigated through a series of in-cloud seeding experiments in which hygroscopic particles were seeded near the cloud base.