Cloud microphysical differences with precipitation intensity in a torrential rainfall event in Sichuan, China

High-resolution data of a torrential rainfall event in Sichuan, China, simulated by the WRF model, were used to analyze the cloud microphysical differences with precipitation intensity. Sixhourly accumulated rainfall was classified into five bins based on rainfall intensity, and the cloud microphysical characteristics and processes in different bins were studied. The results show that：（1） Hydrometeor content differed distinctly among different bins. Mixing ratios of cloud water, rain water, and graupel enhanced significantly and monotonously with increasing rainfall intensity. With increasing precipitation intensity, the monotonous increase in cloud water number concentration was significant. Meanwhile, number concentrations of rain water and graupel increased at first and then decreased or increased slowly in larger rainfall bins.（2） With precipitation intensity increasing, cloud microphysical conversion processes closely related to the production of rainwater, directly（accretion of cloud water by rain（QCLcr） and melting of graupel（QMLgr）） or indirectly（water vapor condensation and accretion of cloud water by graupel）, increased significantly.（3） As the two main sources of rainwater, QCLcrincreased monotonously with increasing precipitation intensity, while QMLgr increased slowly, even tending to cease increasing in larger rainfall bins.

降水是由复杂的动力、热力和云微物理过程相互作用产生。为了揭示四川暴雨过程的云微物理特征,利用WRF模式对四川一次暴雨过程的高分辨率模拟资料,研究不同强度降水中云微物理特征和过程的差异。结果显示,水凝物含量在不同强度降水中显著不同;随着降水强度增强,与雨水产生直接或间接相关的云微物理转化过程明显增强;作为雨水的两个主要源项,云水被雨水碰并收集(QCL_(cr))随着降水强度增强而单调递增,而霰融化(QML_(gr))增长较为缓慢。