Use of Microphysical Relationships to Discern Growth/Decay Mechanisms of Cloud Droplets with Focus on Z-LWC Relationships

摘要

This study first analyzes the Z-L relationship theoretically, and identify the key microphysical properties that affect this relationship, and then address the effects of various processes on the Z-L relationship by discerning the characteristics of the relationships between the relative dispersion, zn droplet concentration, liquid water content, and mean-volume radius calculated from in-situ measurements of cloud droplet size distributions. Effort is also made to further relate the microphysical relationships to physical processes such as turbulent entrainmen-mixing.