A modelling study of the effect of cloud saturation and particle growth rates on charge transfer in thunderstorm electrification

Numerical studies have been made of the importance of cloud saturation to the sign of charge transfer during graupel/ice crystal interactions in thunderstorms. Previous laboratory studies led to the idea that the diffusional growth rates of the interacting ice surfaces may influence the sign of the charge transferred during brief collisional contact. The ice crystals grow by vapour diffusion in a supersaturated environment while the graupel surface grows by diffusion under low accretion rate conditions, but will sublimate when heated sufficiently by riming. The graupel surface is also influenced, even under net sublimation conditions, by the vapour released to it from droplets freezing on its surface. In a cloud, the diffusional growth rates are also affected by ventilation when the supercooled droplets and their local environment flow past the riming surface.The diffusional growth rates of ice crystals and riming graupel particles are calculated for various cloud saturation ratios, then the sign of electric charge transferred during crystal/graupel collisions is determined according to the concept of the relative vapour diffusional growth rates, according to Baker et al., 1987 [Baker, B., Baker, M.B., Jayaratne, E.J., Latham, J., Saunders, C.P.R., 1987. The influence of diffusional growth rates on the charge transfer accompanying rebounding collisions between ice crystals and soft hailstones. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 113, 1193–1215]. It is found necessary, in order to account for the observation of positive charging of riming graupel at high accretion rates, to modify the assumptions of Baker et al. in order to increase the flux of vapour to the graupel surface. The variable growth parameters available may be adjusted to represent the environmental saturation conditions in various laboratory experiments, including the mixing of clouds from regions having different growth conditions, and are used to determine charge sign sensitivity to cloud saturation ratio, temperature and accretion as measured by the cloud effective liquid water content.     

新疆冬季降雪微结构及其增长过程的初步研究

1982年冬季在新疆乌鲁木齐地区,利用飞机、雷达、雪晶观测等手段对降雪云的微结构及雪粒子的增长过程进行观测。三次个例的分析结果表明:70％以上的雪水量是在2000m以下的低层产生的,云中存在高达60个L~(-1)的冰晶浓度高值区,云中已无液态水,据此推测凝华—聚并是雪增长的重要过程。文中还对高空锋面附近的雪带微结构及其做为引晶云的特征进行了阐述。     

典型非球形冰晶粒子的凝华增长数值模拟试验

在凝华增长过程中,冰晶的形状随着温度和湿度的改变而改变,准确模拟冰晶粒子的演变对于提高云模式的模拟能力起着非常重要的作用。在现有的云模式中,冰晶形状通常假设为球形,而在实际大气中,冰晶形状十分复杂。本研究中,我们根据冰晶凝华增长理论模型建立了一个单个冰晶粒子增长模型,模拟了温度分别为-1℃~-30℃时,单个典型非球形冰晶粒子的凝华增长过程。与风洞观测数据相对比,该模型能够抓住单个冰晶粒子的轴长,质量以及纵横比随温度和湿度的变化过程。我们进一步将该理论增长模型应用到群粒子的凝华增长过程的模拟。我们釆用欧拉二维正定平流输送法(MPDATA)模拟了典型非球形冰晶群粒子的凝华增长,并对比分析了在不同纵横比分辨率下的模拟效果以及温度变化对冰晶形状的影响,结果表明运用该数值方法可以合理地模拟出群粒子在凝华增长过程中纵横比的演变。与目前采用的拉格朗日-欧拉混合平流算法比较,该算法能够耦合到欧拉动力框架下的分档云模式中去,这对我们研究冰晶粒子形状对云微物理过程和动力过程的影响,以及它们对冰粒子凝华增长的反馈作用具有非常重要的科学意义。     

The chemical fractionation of atmospheric aerosol as a result of snow crystal formation and growth

The relationships between the physical and chemical properties of mixed-phase clouds were investigated at Storm Peak Laboratory (3220m MSL) located near the continental divide in northwestern Colorado. Interstitial aerosol particles, cloud droplets and snow crystals were concurrently collected when the laboratory was enveloped by a precipitating cloud. All samples were analyzed for trace elements, soluble anions, electrical conductivity and acidity.The results show average trace constituent concentration ratios of cloud water to snow water range from 0.4 to 26. All but six of the 32 elements and ions measured had ratios greater than one. This result suggests a chemical species dependency of in-cloud aerosol particle scavenging processes. Evidence of a decrease of in-cloud aerosol particle scavenging efficiency by snow due to increases in aerosol concentration is also presented.Differences between the chemical composition of cloud water and snow water are manifested most strongly when snow crystals grow by vapor deposition. In-cloud scavenging efficiencies by snow crystals for most aerosol particle chemical species are dependent on the growth of the snow crystals by accretion of cloud droplets. This chemical fractionation of the atmospheric aerosol by snow crystal formation and growth should be most active where narrow, continental cloud droplet size distributions and low liquid water contents are prevalent, enhancing the probability of snow crystal growth by diffusion.     

THE MICROPHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF SNOW CLOUDS AND THE GROWTH PROCESS OF SNOW PARTICLES IN WINTER IN XINJIANG

The microphysical structure of snow clouds and the growth process of snow crystals were observed by means of instrumented aircraft,weather radar,snow crystal observations etc.in Urumqi region during the winter of 1982.The analysis of three cases show that about 70% of snow mass growth is produced in the lower layer below 2000 m under the cold front,and that the concentration of ice crystals is as high as 60 L^-1 and the supercooled water is absent in lower clouds.We may infer that the deposition of ice crystals and the aggregation of snow crystals are important processes for the snow development.The microphysical structure of the snow band near the front aloft and its characteristics as a seeder cloud are also described in this paper.     

A comparison of model calculations of ice crystal growth with observations following silver iodide seeding

Abstract

Past theoretical investigations have reported that observed peaks in the diffusional growth of ice crystals in the vicinity of ‐5 and ‐15°C could be qualitatively modelled assuming certain specific crystal properties. This study re‐examines the ice crystal diffusional growth model using more recently available observations of pertinent crystal parameters. The results, indicative of the growth of average crystals, imply a much weaker dependence of the diffusional mass growth rate on temperature in the range of ‐5 to ‐15°C. Extension of the model to include growth by accretion, also suggests that the mass of heavily rimed crystals is not very sensitive to the original crystal habit. The results of the calculations are compared with observed crystal sizes in cumulus clouds following seeding on three different days. The observations indicate that small crystals were continuously being produced as long as 15 min after seeding. In two cases, crystals much larger than those predicted by the model for any reasonable set of parameters suggest that crystal aggregation may have been occurring at a significant rate.     

一次积-层混合云系垂直结构和降水机制的飞机观测资料分析与数值模拟

积-层混合云是影响北京地区的重要降水云系,运用飞机探测资料结合中尺度数值模式WRF,对2014年9月23日发生在北京地区的一次积-层混合云系的垂直结构和降水机制进行了探测资料分析和数值模拟研究。通过分析云系的雷达回波演变,发现云中的对流泡没有出现爆发式增长,回波在垂直方向上增长不明显,此次过程属于积-层水平混合型云系降水。飞机探测资料分析显示,上、下午探测云系的液态水含量都不高（最大低于1 g/m3）;在云系不同高度,飞机探测到的冰晶形状主要有板状、针柱状、辐枝状和不规则状,由于云中过冷水含量相对较低,聚合冰晶的数量明显多于凇附冰晶,冰晶的聚合是云中粒子增长的主要过程。对模拟云系垂直微物理结构和降水粒子的源、汇项分析得到:高层,由凝华产生的冰晶和雪晶在过冷水含量较低的环境中不断聚并、长大并下落,云系中霰的含量很低,增大的冰晶和雪晶下落至0℃层附近融化是产生地面降水的主要机制。此外,融化层附近,雨滴捕获云滴不断长大并下降至地面也是地面降水的另一个重要来源。      

沙尘气溶胶作为冰核对阿克苏地区一次多单体型强对流风暴降水及其微物理过程影响的数值模拟研究

将DeMott冰核浓度参数化方案引入到WRF中尺度数值模式中,模拟了新疆阿克苏地区一次多单体型强对流风暴,并对背景大气条件和沙尘条件下气溶胶作为冰核,对云中微物理结构和降水变化的影响进行了敏感性试验和对比分析,结果显示:在背景大气条件和沙尘条件下增加冰核浓度对降水中心强度影响较小,并且总体上看降水分布变化不大,但是降水局部的变化量较明显;不同背景条件下IN（Ice Nuclei）浓度的增加使得冰晶和雪的质量混合比和数浓度均有较大幅度的增加,其中雪的主要源项为凝华增长过程,而霰增长主要来源于冰相粒子碰并过冷云滴,并且在背景大气和沙尘条件下增加IN都使得霰的数浓度增加,尺度减少。     

Impact of the Bergeron–Findeisen process on the release of aerosol particles during the evolution of cloud ice

The paper focuses on the redistribution of aerosol particles (APs) during the artificial nucleation and subsequent growth of ice crystals in a supercooled cloud. A significant number of the supercooled cloud droplets during icing periods (seeding agents: C₃H₈, CO₂) did not freeze as was presumed prior to the experiment but instead evaporated. The net mass flux of water vapour from the evaporating droplets to the nucleating ice crystals (Bergeron–Findeisen mechanism) led to the release of residual particles that simultaneously appeared in the interstitial phase. The strong decrease of the droplet residuals confirms the nucleation of ice particles on seeding germs without natural aerosol particles serving as ice nuclei. As the number of residual particles during the seedings did not drop to zero, other processes such as heterogeneous ice nucleation, spontaneous freezing, entrainment of supercooled droplets and diffusion to the created particle-free ice germs must have contributed to the experimental findings. During the icing periods, residual mass concentrations in the condensed phase dropped by a factor of 1.1–6.7, as compared to the unperturbed supercooled cloud. As the Bergeron–Findeisen process also occurs without artificial seeding in the atmosphere, this study demonstrated that the hydrometeors in mixed-phase clouds might be much cleaner than anticipated for the simple freezing process of supercooled droplets in tropospheric mid latitude clouds.     

太行山东麓层状云微物理特征的飞机观测研究

本文利用“太行山东麓人工增雨防雹作业技术试验”的飞机和地面雷达观测数据,重点研究分析了2018年5月21日一次典型西风槽天气系统影响下的层状云微物理特征。结果表明,?5°C层的过冷水含量低于0.05 g m?3,冰粒子数浓度量级101～102 L?1。冰粒子数浓度高值区主要以针状和柱状冰晶为主。这可能低层是Hallett-Mossop机制和其他冰晶繁生机制共同作用下所产生的冰晶碎片在冰面过饱和条件下凝华增长所形成的。冰粒子数浓度低值区的冰晶形状基本以片状或枝状为主。?5°C层的冰雪晶增长主要以凝华和聚并增长为主,凇附过程很弱。零度层附近云水含量峰值区的液态水占比达到70%以上。云水含量峰值区的粒子主要以直径10～50 μm的云滴为主,伴随着少量聚合状冰晶。零度层其他区域的过冷水含量维持在0.05 g m?3左右,冰晶形态主要以聚合状、凇附状及霰粒子为主。液水层则主要以球形液滴及半融化状态的冰粒子为主。垂直探测表明:零度层以上的冰雪晶数浓度呈现随高度递增的趋势。在发展稳定的层状云内,混合层的过冷水含量很低,冰粒子主要通过凝华和聚并过程增长,云体冰晶化程度较高。而在发展较为旺盛的层状云区里过冷水含量也较高,大量液滴的存在也表明混合层冰-液相之间的转化不充分。不同温度层的粒子谱显示,冷水含量高值区的冰粒子平均浓度比过冷水低值区高,但平均直径比过冷水低值区小。     

河北一次层状云系降水的微物理机制数值模拟与分析

利用一维层状云模式,详细分析了2009年5月1日中国中东部地区一次层状云系的微物理结构和降水过程。结果表明：此次降水为层状云系降水,云系垂直结构符合顾震潮三层概念模型和“播种云-供给云”机制,其中第一层（上层：4.7-7.0 km）存在冰雪晶,雪主要通过冰晶自动转化和凝华增长。第二层（中层：2.6-4.6 km）有冰晶、雪、霰、云水、雨滴,此层贝吉龙过程作用明显。第三层（下层：1.3-2.5 km）主要粒子为云滴、雨滴、从上层融化的雪和霰,霰的融化对于雨滴的形成贡献最大。云体发展成熟时,各层之间存在一定的播种－供应关系,如第一层向第二层顶部播撒雪和冰晶,第二层向第三层顶部播撒霰和雪。     

梅雨锋暴雨中云物理过程的观测和数值模拟

Cloud micro-physical structures in a precipitation system associated with the Meiyu front are observedusing the balloon-borne Precipitation Particle Image Sensor at Baoshan observatory station, Shanghaiduring June and July 1999. The vertical distributions of various cloud particle size, number density, andmass density are retrieved from the observations. Analyses of observations show that ice-phase particles(ice crystals, graupel, snowflakes, and frozen drops) often exist in the cloud of torrential rain associatedwith the Meiyu front. Among the various particles, ice crystals and graupel are the most numerous, butgraupel and snow have the highest mass density. Ice-phase particles coexist with liquid water dropletsnear the 0℃ level. The graupel is similarly distributed with height as the ice crystals. Raindrops belowthe 0℃ level are mainly from melted grauple, snowflakes and frozen drops. They may further grow largerby coalescence with smaller ones as they fall from the cloud base. Numerical simulations using the non-hydrostatic meso-scale model MM5 with the Reisner graupel explicit moisture scheme confirm the mainobservational results. Rain water at the lower level is mainly generated from the melting of snow andgraupel falling from the upper level where snow and graupel are generated and grown from collection withcloud and rain water. Thus the mixed-phase cloud process, in which ice phase coexists and interacts withliquid phase (cloud and rain drops), plays the most important role in the formation and development ofheavy convective rainfall in the Meiyu frontal system.     

双参数微物理方案的冰相过程模拟及冰核数浓度的影响试验

利用耦合Morrison 2-mon(MOR)双参数微物理方案的中尺度天气研究与预报模式(WRF)中的单气柱模式,对热带暖池国际云试验(TWP-ICE)期间的个例进行数值模拟。通过与观测资料和云分辨率模式的模拟结果进行对比,检验MOR方案对热带对流云系的微物理特征的模拟能力。模拟结果显示:MOR方案能够较好地模拟出热带云系中液相和冰相水凝物的垂直分布以及随时间的演变特征。地表向下长波辐射和大气顶向外长波辐射的量级和时间演变趋势同观测也非常接近。对与冰晶和雪有关的云微物理特征分析之后发现:季风活跃期,冰晶主要的源汇项有凝华增长过程、沉降过程、冰晶向雪的自动转化以及冰晶被雪碰并的过程。由于冰晶主体位于温度低于―20℃的高空,因而它对雨水的形成主要是间接贡献。同时期雪的主要源汇项中,凝华增长和沉降过程占据着主导地位。雪的凝华过程消耗了大量的水汽,可能抑制了冰晶的增长。另外雪的融化过程非常强盛,是产生降水的重要因子。季风抑制期,冰相的微物理过程变得相对简单且整体削弱,以凝华升华和沉降过程为主。凝华凝冻核的数浓度(N_dep)的气溶胶敏感性试验表明:季风抑制期,高空的冰晶云的宏观和微观性质对凝华凝冻核数浓度的响应情况呈现显著的线性特征。冰晶的含量随着N_dep的增加而增加,反之降低。该时期微物理过程主要同冰晶有关,水分的分配较为简单,N_dep增加时,高空冰云中小冰晶粒子数目增多且云顶升高,使得大气顶部向外长波辐射(OLR)值减小,反之冰云主体中冰晶有效半径增加,高空的冰云更加透明,云顶更低,对 OLR值增加起促进作用。而季风活跃期,微物理过程复杂,冰晶云的宏微观特征对N_dep的响应表现出一定的不规律特征。     

Numerical Simulation of Macro- and Micro-structures of Intense Convective Clouds with a Spectral Bin Microphysics Model

By use of a three-dimensional compressible non-hydrostatic convective cloud model with detailed microphysics featuring spectral bins of cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), liquid droplets, ice crystals, snow and graupel particles, the spatial and temporal distributions of hydrometeors in a supercell observed by the (Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study) STEPS triple-radar network are simulated and analyzed. The bin model is also employed to study the effect of CCN concentration on the evolution characteristics of the supercell. It is found that the CCN concentration not only affects the concentration and spectral distribution of water droplets, but also influences the characteristics of ice crystals and graupel particles. With a larger number of CCN, more water droplets and ice crystals are produced and the growth of graupel is restrained. With a small quantity of CCN the production of large size water droplets are promoted by initially small concentrations of water droplets and ice crystals, leading to earlier formation of small size graupel and restraining the recycling growth of graupel, and thus inhibiting the formation of large size graupel (or small size hail). It can be concluded that both the macroscopic airflow and microphysical processes influence the formation and growth of large size graupel (or small size hail). In regions with heavy pollution, a high concentration of CCN may restrain the formation of graupel and hail, and in extremely clean regions, excessively low concentrations of CCN may also limit the formation of large size graupel (hail).     

东北冷涡中尺度云系降水机制研究 II: 数值模拟

在利用卫星、雷达和机载PMS(粒子测量系统)等观测资料对2003年7月8日东北冷涡积层混合云系的降水形成机制分析的基础上,将观测分析与数值模拟研究相结合,用中尺度数值模式对积层混合云系做数值模拟,并结合观测资料进一步分析了积层混合云系的微物理结构、粒子形成过程和降水形成机制,获得如下结果:(1)混合云中对流云具有分层的微物理结构.冰晶含水量最大值出现的高度最高,其次由高到低的排序是雪、云水、霰和雨;雨水主要出现在云的暖区;各种粒子中以雨水含水量最高,其次是霰.对流云体生命期较长,微物理结构基本稳定.(2)粒子形成增长过程有差异.冰晶通过凝华过程增长.雪主要来源于冰晶,产生后主要通过撞冻、收集冰晶和凝华过程增长,其中撞冻过冷云水增长对雪质量贡献最大,其产生率极大值高度与过冷云水相当.丰富的过冷云水,给雪的撞冻增长提供了有利条件.在高、中和低层雪的形成有着不同的机制,高层雪收集冰晶长大后,下落到低层又以雪撞冻过冷云水的结淞增长为主要过程.霰主要由雨滴冻结和雪的转化产生,过冷雨滴与冰晶接触冻结成霰;过冷雨滴收集雪,雪随着雨滴的冻结而转化成霰.因此霰的产生与过冷雨滴关系极大.霰主要撞冻云水、收集雪和冰晶增长,其中撞冻是霰的重要增长过程.雨水主要由霰的融化形成,降水主要是由冷云过程产生的.在过冷层,霰撞冻增长占优势.云上部的冰晶和雪对云的中部具有播撒作用,过冷层中存在丰富的过冷水,对冰相粒子的撞冻增长有利.对云水消耗的分析表明,雨滴对云滴的收集、霰和雪对云水的撞冻增长是消耗云水的主要过程.(3)从各种粒子的形成和增长过程可以看出,大部分雨水由霰融化形成,暖云过程贡献要小得多.可见,降水主要是由冷云过程产生的,这与观测分析的结果一致.     

霰谱分布特征对强对流云高频微波亮温影响的模拟研究

利用WRF中尺度模式和MWRT微波辐射传输模式,对一次理想对流单体云降水过程进行模拟,研究了霰谱参数对强对流降水云高频微波辐射亮温的影响.结果表明:霰谱参数的改变对对流单体云中冰相水凝物质量浓度分布和高频微波亮温均有影响.减小(增大)霰密度参数会导致霰谱宽度增大(减小),从而导致霰的碰并效率提高(降低),霰空间最大质量...     

山西一次降雪云物理特征的飞机观测研究

通过飞机直接进入降雪云进行探测,并配合MICPAS（气象信息综合分析处理系统）、雷达和卫星等资料,对2011年11月29日山西一次降雪云宏、微观结构特征进行分析。研究发现:本次降雪过程的雷达回波以10～20 dBZ大片层状云回波为主,镶嵌了超过30 dBZ的块状强回波,雷达径向速度零线呈较强的“S”型弯曲,出现“牛眼”结构,从低层到高层有较强的风垂直切变。液态水含量主要位于3.2 km以下,最大值为0.0697 g m?3,N₅₀（粒子直径大于50 μm的冰雪晶数浓度）、N₂₀₀（粒子直径大于200 μm的冰雪晶数浓度）和冰水含量主要产生于层积混合降雪云的上部,极大值出现在?9.3°C附近,分别为188.4 L?1、33.5 L?1和0.121 g m?3。?14.4°C～?19.7°C冰晶图像以针状、柱状和不规则状为主,以冰晶的凝华增长为主。?9.3°C附近冰雪晶图像以辐枝状、不规则状为主,辐枝状冰晶的聚并碰撞和折裂繁生可能是造成此处冰雪晶高浓度的主要原因。利用指数形式能较好地拟合冰雪晶谱分布,谱拟合参数可以用幂函数N_os=1.021λ1.684表示（其中,N_os、λ分别表示截距和斜率,N_os越大表示小粒子数浓度越大,λ越大表示小粒子数浓度占总粒子数浓度比例越高）,相关系数R2为0.86。3.2 km以下存在三次逆温,逆温层的出现使云微物理特征量和拟合参数N_os减小,抑制了云内凇附增长和凝华增长,导致本次观测谱拟合参数N_os、λ随温度的变化规律与以往的观测不一致,逆温强度越大抑制作用越大。     

Changes of cloud microphysical properties during the transition from supercooled to mixed-phase conditions during CIME

A ground-based seeding experiment using carbon dioxide and propane sprayed from pressurized bottles was carried out under supercooled cloud conditions on a small spatial and short time scale. Water vapor deposition on the artificially generated dry ice and propane ice germs as the main ice formation process (nucleation and growth) is consistent with the experimental results. After nucleation, diffusional growth of the ice particles, partly at the expense of evaporating small droplets, was identified during the mixing of the seeding line with the ambient supercooled cloud. Within the seeding plume, ice water contents up to 80% of the total condensed water are observed, although the size of the formed ice particles did not exceed 25 μm. From the changes of the ice and supercooled liquid phase with time under mixed-phase conditions, liquid water content (LWC) evaporation, ice water content (IWC) formation, and ice crystal growth rates are estimated, which are not affected by the artificial nucleation process. Thus, these rates are assessed to be applicable for a growing ice phase of small ice particles in a young mixed-phase cloud, where other growth mechanisms, like riming or aggregation, are negligible.     

95GHz云雷达对一次冷锋云系结构的观测分析

利用安徽寿县W-Band云雷达(95GHz,波长3.16mm)、地面微波辐射计、探空和地面观测等资料,对2008年11月5-7日一次冷锋云系的云结构进行了分析。结果表明,云雷达的多普勒速度可以初步确定粒子相态和大小以及是否存在雪晶或雨滴;在0℃层附近有回波暗带产生,这主要是由于波长为3mm的雷达对雪晶的衰减较强以及粒子的非Rayleigh散射引起的;云雷达观测可以清楚地识别混合云中的融化层。冷锋云系发展、演变过程及结构非常不均匀:锋面前部,在5～7km之间有一水凝物含量大值区,不断有长大的冰雪晶下落,使云底逐渐下伸,触地后产生间歇性阵性降水;降水过后,5km左右有一相对干层,上部为高层云,下部为散乱的多层云结构;冷锋临近,云层冷区没有水凝物含量大值区,回波强度较弱,暖区2km以下是干冷的东北气流,限制了雨滴通过暖雨过程增长,导致锋面降水强度较小,持续时间短。锋面后部4～7km高度,由于冰雪晶沉降,相对湿度较小,云层分裂成两层云;冷锋过后,出现了较强的降水,这主要是由暖雨过程产生的。     

层状云微物理过程的数值模拟(一)——微物理模式

本文提出了一个比较完整的层状云参数化微物理方程组。根据理论和实验结果推导了18种层状云中常见的微物理过程中云滴、雨滴、冰晶、雪团和霰的群体比水量和比浓度的转化率，它们包括凝结（蒸发）、凝华、碰并、聚合、凇附、冰晶的核化、繁生以及冰—霰、雪—霰、云—雨的自动转化率等。