Articles | Volume 19, issue 13
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-6121-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-19-6121-2026
Model description paper
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09 Jul 2026
Model description paper |  | 09 Jul 2026

Cleo: the numerical methods of a new superdroplet model including a droplet breakup algorithm (v0.52.0)

Clara J. A. Bayley, Ann Kristin Naumann, Florian Poydenot, Raphaela Vogel, Bjorn Stevens, and Shin-Ichiro Shima

Data sets

CLEO: The Numerical Methods of a New Superdroplet Model Including a Droplet Breakup Algorithm C. Bayley https://doi.org/10.17617/3.SDN0NX

Short summary
We are developing a model called CLEO, a type of “Superdroplet Model” (SDM) for cloud microphysics, to try to overcome some of the issues faced by climate models which are caused by errors in cloud modelling. Here we describe the equations for cloud microphysics CLEO uses and how we solve them, such as to see how water-droplets move around and grow/shrink in the atmosphere. We also provide some demonstrations of the microphysical processes we model to show that CLEO works as intended.
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