Snow particle analyzer for simultaneous measurements of snow density and morphology

J Li, M Guala, J Hong - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The detailed characterization of snow particles is critical for understanding the snow settling
behavior and modeling the ground snow accumulation for various applications such as …

Microphysical characteristics of snowfall on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

X Xu, X Chen, X Zhao, D Cao, Y Liu… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Snowfall on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is crucially important to the hydrological cycle
and glacier acceleration over the TP and surroundings. Climate and weather models are …

Significant increase in graupel and lightning occurrence in a warmer climate simulated by prognostic graupel parameterization

T Michibata - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
There is little consensus among global climate models (CGMs) regarding the response of
lightning flash rates to past and future climate change, largely due to graupel not being …

Turbulence as a key driver of ice aggregation and riming in Arctic low‐level mixed‐phase clouds, revealed by long‐term cloud radar observations

G Chellini, S Kneifel - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Turbulence in clouds is known to enhance particle collision rates, as widely demonstrated
for warm rain formation. A similar impact on ice growth processes is expected but a solid …

Effect of Turbulence on the Collision Rate between Settling Ice Crystals and Droplets

MZ Sheikh, K Gustavsson, E Lévêque… - Journal of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
In mixed-phase clouds, graupel forms by riming, a process whereby ice crystals and
supercooled water droplets settling through a turbulent flow collide and aggregate. We …

Long-Term Measurements of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height in Central Amazonia Using Remote Sensing Instruments

CMA Souza, CQ Dias-Júnior, FAF D'Oliveira… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The height (zi) of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) is a fundamental parameter for
several areas of knowledge, especially for weather and climate forecasting, pollutant …

Climate impacts of convective cloud microphysics in NCAR CAM5

L Lin, X Liu, Q Fu, Y Shan - Journal of Climate, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
We improved the treatments of convective cloud microphysics in the NCAR Community
Atmosphere Model version 5.3 (CAM5. 3) by 1) implementing new terminal velocity …