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Model description paper
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01 Jul 2019
Model description paper |
| 01 Jul 2019
| 01 Jul 2019
University of Warsaw Lagrangian Cloud Model (UWLCM) 1.0: a modern large-eddy simulation tool for warm cloud modeling with Lagrangian microphysics
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Maciej Waruszewski
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Hanna Pawlowska
Institute of Geophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- A Lagrangian particle-based numerical model for surfactant-laden droplets at macroscales M. Denys et al.
- Modeling collision–coalescence in particle microphysics: numerical convergence of mean and variance of precipitation in cloud simulations using the University of Warsaw Lagrangian Cloud Model (UWLCM) 2.1 P. Zmijewski et al.
- Adiabatic Evolution of Cloud Droplet Spectral Width: A New Look at an Old Problem W. Grabowski & H. Pawlowska
- Drop Size Distribution Broadening Mechanisms in a Bin Microphysics Eulerian Model L. Pardo et al.
- Limitations of Bin and Bulk Microphysics in Reproducing the Observed Spatial Structure of Light Precipitation M. Witte et al.
- Impact of Giant Sea Salt Aerosol Particles on Precipitation in Marine Cumuli and Stratocumuli: Lagrangian Cloud Model Simulations P. Dziekan et al.
- Overcoming computational challenges to realize meter- to submeter-scale resolution in cloud simulations using the super-droplet method T. Matsushima et al.
- Roles of Drop Size Distribution and Turbulence in Autoconversion Based on Lagrangian Cloud Model Simulations D. Oh & Y. Noh
- Super‐Droplet Method to Simulate Lagrangian Microphysics of Nuclear Fallout in a Homogeneous Cloud D. McGuffin et al.
- Collision Fluctuations of Lucky Droplets with Superdroplets X. Li et al.
- Simulations of the impact of cloud condensation nuclei and ice-nucleating particles perturbations on the microphysics and radar reflectivity factor of stratiform mixed-phase clouds J. Lee et al.
- Collisional growth in a particle-based cloud microphysical model: insights from column model simulations using LCM1D (v1.0) S. Unterstrasser et al.
- University of Warsaw Lagrangian Cloud Model (UWLCM) 2.0: adaptation of a mixed Eulerian–Lagrangian numerical model for heterogeneous computing clusters P. Dziekan & P. Zmijewski
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Short summary
A new numerical model for clouds is presented. It is designed for detailed studies of the small-scale behavior of cloud droplets within a domain large enough to model cloud field. To achieve this, droplets are modeled in a Lagrangian manner and calculations are done on GPU accelerators. Comparison with models that use Eulerian descriptions of droplets reveals discrepancies in the amount of precipitation. This suggests that some effects important for rain production are missing in current models.
A new numerical model for clouds is presented. It is designed for detailed studies of the...
