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Articles | Volume 21, issue 18
Articles | Volume 21, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14039-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14039-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 18
Research article
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22 Sep 2021
Research article |  | 22 Sep 2021

Environmental sensitivities of shallow-cumulus dilution – Part 2: Vertical wind profile

Sonja Drueke, Daniel J. Kirshbaum, and Pavlos Kollias

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This numerical study provides insights into the sensitivity of shallow-cumulus dilution to geostrophic vertical wind profile. The cumulus dilution is strongly sensitive to vertical wind shear in the cloud layer, with shallow cumuli being more diluted in sheared environments. On the other hand, wind shear in the subcloud layer leads to less diluted cumuli. The sensitivities are explained by jointly considering the impacts of vertical velocity and the properties of the entrained air.
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