edu.ucar.gdex::76e55d4d-c3b1-482f-b47d-35c77f3e6023 eng; USA utf8 dataset GDEX Curator UCAR/NCAR - GDEX gdex@ucar.edu pointOfContact 2022-09-12T15:39:46-06:00 ISO 19115 Geographic information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) https://doi.org/10.5065/x7ft-1916 Adiabatic Cloud Droplet Activation and Growth 2022-09-12 publication 2022-09-12 modified https://doi.org/10.5065/x7ft-1916 UCAR/NCAR - GDEX gdex@ucar.edu publisher Grabowski, Wojciech W. author Width of the droplet spectrum is an important parameter affecting cloud radiative properties as well as drizzle and rain development in warm ice-free clouds. We consider formation and growth of cloud droplets in an air parcel rising across the subcloud layer, reaching the cloud base, and continuing its rise carrying cloud droplets continuously growing by condensation of water vapor. We focus on the evolution of the spectral width. We show that the simplified droplet growth equation often applied in cloud simulations is not accurate enough to faithfully predict width of the droplet spectrum aloft, especially in polluted weak-updraft shallow clouds such as a continental stratocumulus. Wojciech Grabowski grabow@ucar.edu pointOfContact text/plain Fortran source code (text/x-fortran) Dataset DataCite Resource Type 2014-10-16 revision 3.1 DataCite Metadata Working Group originator resourceTypeGeneral EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > DROPLET GROWTH EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER > DROPLET GROWTH EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS theme NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords Science and Services Keywords 2018-03-15 revision 8.6 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2018. GCMD Keywords, Version 8.6. Greenbelt, MD: Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://earthdata.nasa.gov/gcmd-forum Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. None eng; USA text/plain Fortran source code (text/x-fortran) UCAR/NCAR - CISL - CDP resourceProvider https://gdex.ucar.edu/dataset/id/76e55d4d-c3b1-482f-b47d-35c77f3e6023.html https browser Adiabatic Cloud Droplet Activation and Growth Metadata Link download