The hydrometeor partitioning and microphysical processes over the Pacific Warm Pool in numerical modeling

Huang, Yi-Chih; Wang, Pao K.

doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.009

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The hydrometeor partitioning and microphysical processes over the Pacific Warm Pool in numerical modeling

2017
By Huang, Yi-Chih ; Wang, Pao K.

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Journal Title:

Atmospheric Research
Personal Author:

Huang, Yi-Chih ; Wang, Pao K.
NOAA Program & Office:

NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
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Numerical modeling is conducted to study the hydrometeor partitioning and microphysical source and sink processes during a quasi-steady state of thunderstorms over the Pacific Warm Pool by utilizing the microphysical model WISCDYMM to simulate selected storm cases. The results show that liquid-phase hydrometeors dominate thunderstorm evolution over the Pacific Warm Pool. The ratio of ice-phase mass to liquid-phase mass is about 41%: 59%, indicating that ice-phase water is not as significant over the Pacific Warm Pool as the liquid water compared to the larger than 50% in the subtropics and ~ 80% in the US High Plains in a previous study. Sensitivity tests support the dominance of liquid-phase hydrometeors over the Pacific Warm Pool.
Keywords:

Atmospheric Science
Source:

Atmospheric Research, 183, 308-321
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.09.009
ISSN:

0169-8095
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PDF
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Elsevier BV
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA10NES4400013
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Accepted Manuscript
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urn:sha256:c8788132a582ace4173578f4cf5242257abdf73d0f166503e96564de19dce462
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