Precipitation

Atmospheric Science · Part 5

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.Warm Rain vs Cold Rain Processes
  2. 2.Collision-Coalescence: Warm Rain Process
  3. 3.Stochastic Collection Equation (Smoluchowski)
  4. 4.Ice Nucleation and the Bergeron-Findeisen Process
  5. 5.Raindrop Size Distribution and Radar Reflectivity
  6. 6.Fortran: Stochastic Collection Equation Solver
  7. 7.Warm Rain Process
  8. 8.Cold Rain (Ice) Process
  9. 9.Terminal Velocity
  10. 10.Collection Kernel

Key Equations

$$v_t = \frac{2}{9}\frac{\rho_w g r^2}{\mu}$$
$$K(R, r) = \pi(R + r)^2 \, |V(R) - V(r)| \, E(R, r)$$
$$\frac{dR}{dt} = \frac{\text{LWC} \cdot E(R) \cdot V(R)}{4 \, \rho_w}$$
$$N(D) = N_0 \exp(-\Lambda D)$$

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Course Context

This PDF is part of the Atmospheric Science course on CoursesHub.World. Study the physics of weather and climate from atmospheric thermodynamics to planetary atmospheres. Covers atmospheric dynamics, synoptic meteorology, clouds and precipitation, radiation budgets, clima...

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