Interaction of microphysics and dynamics in a warm conveyor belt simulated with the ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic (ICON) model

Oertel, Annika; Miltenberger, Annette K.; Grams, Christian M.; Hoose, Corinna

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8553-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 15

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8553-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-8553-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 15

Research article

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02 Aug 2023

Research article |

| 02 Aug 2023

Interaction of microphysics and dynamics in a warm conveyor belt simulated with the ICOsahedral Nonhydrostatic (ICON) model

Annika Oertel, Annette K. Miltenberger, Christian M. Grams, and Corinna Hoose

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Research data for "Interaction of microphysics and dynamics in a warm conveyor belt simulated with the ICON model" Annika Oertel, Annette K. Miltenberger, Christian M. Grams, and Corinna Hoose https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000159000

Short summary

Warm conveyor belts (WCBs) are cloud- and precipitation-producing airstreams in extratropical cyclones that are important for the large-scale flow and cloud radiative forcing. We analyze cloud formation processes during WCB ascent in a two-moment microphysics scheme. Quantification of individual diabatic heating rates shows the importance of condensation, vapor deposition, rain evaporation, melting, and cloud-top radiative cooling for total heating and WCB-related potential vorticity structure.