Articles | Volume 17, issue 23
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8773-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8773-2024
Development and technical paper
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11 Dec 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 11 Dec 2024

LIMA (v2.0): A full two-moment cloud microphysical scheme for the mesoscale non-hydrostatic model Meso-NH v5-6

Marie Taufour, Jean-Pierre Pinty, Christelle Barthe, Benoît Vié, and Chien Wang

Model code and software

LIMAv2.0 in MesoNH-V5-6-0 Christelle Barthe https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11393718

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Short summary
We have developed a complete two-moment version of the LIMA (Liquid Ice Multiple Aerosols) microphysics scheme. We have focused on collection processes, where the hydrometeor number transfer is often estimated in proportion to the mass transfer. The impact of these parameterizations on a convective system and the prospects for more realistic estimates of secondary parameters (reflectivity, hydrometeor size) are shown in a first test on an idealized case.