Sensitivity analysis of an aerosol-aware microphysics scheme in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)  during case studies of fog in Namibia

Weston, Michael John; Piketh, Stuart John; Burnet, Frédéric; Broccardo, Stephen; Denjean, Cyrielle; Bourrianne, Thierry; Formenti, Paola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-10221-2022

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Sensitivity analysis of an aerosol-aware microphysics scheme in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) during case studies of fog in Namibia

Michael John Weston, Stuart John Piketh, Frédéric Burnet, Stephen Broccardo, Cyrielle Denjean, Thierry Bourrianne, and Paola Formenti

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Short summary

An aerosol-aware microphysics scheme is evaluated for fog cases in Namibia. AEROCLO-sA campaign observations are used to access and parameterise the model. The model cloud condensation nuclei activation is lower than the observations. The scheme is designed for clouds with updrafts, while fog typically forms in stable conditions. A pseudo updraft speed assigned to the lowest model levels helps achieve more realistic cloud droplet number concentration and size distribution in the model.