Vertical raindrop size distributions of two stratiform rain events were measured with a Micro Rain Radar during summer 2009 at a semiarid continental site located in Xilinhot, China （43°38′N, 116°42′E）. ...Vertical raindrop size distributions of two stratiform rain events were measured with a Micro Rain Radar during summer 2009 at a semiarid continental site located in Xilinhot, China （43°38′N, 116°42′E）. The sequential intensity filtering technique （SIFT） was used to minimize the effect of the spurious variability on disdrometric data to obtain the reflectivity-rain rate （Z-R） relationship （Z = αRb）. Compared with the least squares regression （LSR） method, SIFT led to a -5% to 4% change in the coefficient （a） and an 8%-1 5% increase in the exponent （b） of the Z-R relationship at 300 m. Rainfall estimation using the Z-R relationship with SIFT had lower standard deviation than that with LSR. The vertical variability of the mean rain rate, total raindrop numbers, and parameters （a and b） of the Z-R relationship was small below a melting layer, suggesting that using the radar reflectivity of weather radar to estimate stratiform rainfall is relatively accurate, at least in the Xilinhot area.展开更多
Simulation results of the WDM6 scheme and the Thompson scheme,both of which are commonly-used double-moment bulkmicrophysics schemes,are compared within theWeather Research and Forecasting model.The purpose of the com...Simulation results of the WDM6 scheme and the Thompson scheme,both of which are commonly-used double-moment bulkmicrophysics schemes,are compared within theWeather Research and Forecasting model.The purpose of the comparison is to study the difference in the aspects of the warm-rain hydrometeor number concentrations,the droplet size distributions,and the budgets of the rain mixing ratio and number concentration.It is found that the WDM6 scheme overestimates the ratio and the amount of large precipitation,and underestimates those of small precipitation,compared to the Thompson scheme.The cloud number concentration(CNC)predicted in the WDM6 scheme is one to three orders ofmagnitude smaller than that of the Thompson scheme,which is set to the specific valueof CNC.The cloud droplet spectra of the WDM6 scheme are broader.The WDM6 scheme produces a larger rain number concentration and smaller mass mean diameter of raindrops under the influence of both warm and cold rain processes—specifically,autoconversion and melting of snow and graupel.The WDM6 scheme produces a larger autoconversion rate and smaller total melting rate of snow and graupel than the Thompson scheme in the rain mixing ratio budget.The sign of the difference in the rain-cloud collection varieswith region,and the rain-cloud collection process together with evaporation of rain have a major influence on the sign of the surface precipitation difference between the two schemes.展开更多
The initiation and intensity of warm rain are processes dominated by the evolution of cloud droplet spectra.To treat the cloud condensation process properly is a fundamental step for the simulation of warm rain format...The initiation and intensity of warm rain are processes dominated by the evolution of cloud droplet spectra.To treat the cloud condensation process properly is a fundamental step for the simulation of warm rain formation.Double-moment bulk schemes with a limited number of prognostic variables cannot simulate the evolution of droplet spectra properly.A triple-moment bulk scheme,however,should overcome the problem of spurious cloud droplet spectrum broadening induced by double-moment schemes.To compare the effects of a newly developed triplemoment scheme with double-moment schemes on warm rain formation,the authors conducted WRF-LES numerical simulations to investigate the impacts of the two types of condensation scheme on rain initiation and intensity.In the early stage of raindrop formation,the simulation with the triple-moment scheme delays the raindrop initiation and produces droplet spectra with smaller average radii than those with the double-moment scheme.In the developing stage,the triple-moment scheme reduces the raindrop water content at the precipitation center.However,the further triple-moment scheme for raindrop is needed to simulate the development of warm rain accurately.展开更多
基金partially supported by the German Research Foundation[Research Unit 536,MAGIM]National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant number 41175105],[grant number41175122],[grant number 41505091],[grant number 41575124]
文摘Vertical raindrop size distributions of two stratiform rain events were measured with a Micro Rain Radar during summer 2009 at a semiarid continental site located in Xilinhot, China （43°38′N, 116°42′E）. The sequential intensity filtering technique （SIFT） was used to minimize the effect of the spurious variability on disdrometric data to obtain the reflectivity-rain rate （Z-R） relationship （Z = αRb）. Compared with the least squares regression （LSR） method, SIFT led to a -5% to 4% change in the coefficient （a） and an 8%-1 5% increase in the exponent （b） of the Z-R relationship at 300 m. Rainfall estimation using the Z-R relationship with SIFT had lower standard deviation than that with LSR. The vertical variability of the mean rain rate, total raindrop numbers, and parameters （a and b） of the Z-R relationship was small below a melting layer, suggesting that using the radar reflectivity of weather radar to estimate stratiform rainfall is relatively accurate, at least in the Xilinhot area.
基金sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 41530427]
文摘Simulation results of the WDM6 scheme and the Thompson scheme,both of which are commonly-used double-moment bulkmicrophysics schemes,are compared within theWeather Research and Forecasting model.The purpose of the comparison is to study the difference in the aspects of the warm-rain hydrometeor number concentrations,the droplet size distributions,and the budgets of the rain mixing ratio and number concentration.It is found that the WDM6 scheme overestimates the ratio and the amount of large precipitation,and underestimates those of small precipitation,compared to the Thompson scheme.The cloud number concentration(CNC)predicted in the WDM6 scheme is one to three orders ofmagnitude smaller than that of the Thompson scheme,which is set to the specific valueof CNC.The cloud droplet spectra of the WDM6 scheme are broader.The WDM6 scheme produces a larger rain number concentration and smaller mass mean diameter of raindrops under the influence of both warm and cold rain processes—specifically,autoconversion and melting of snow and graupel.The WDM6 scheme produces a larger autoconversion rate and smaller total melting rate of snow and graupel than the Thompson scheme in the rain mixing ratio budget.The sign of the difference in the rain-cloud collection varieswith region,and the rain-cloud collection process together with evaporation of rain have a major influence on the sign of the surface precipitation difference between the two schemes.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)[Grant 2014CB441403]the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grants41275147]+1 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFC0209000]Ningxia scientific supporting program [Grants 2015KJHM31]
文摘The initiation and intensity of warm rain are processes dominated by the evolution of cloud droplet spectra.To treat the cloud condensation process properly is a fundamental step for the simulation of warm rain formation.Double-moment bulk schemes with a limited number of prognostic variables cannot simulate the evolution of droplet spectra properly.A triple-moment bulk scheme,however,should overcome the problem of spurious cloud droplet spectrum broadening induced by double-moment schemes.To compare the effects of a newly developed triplemoment scheme with double-moment schemes on warm rain formation,the authors conducted WRF-LES numerical simulations to investigate the impacts of the two types of condensation scheme on rain initiation and intensity.In the early stage of raindrop formation,the simulation with the triple-moment scheme delays the raindrop initiation and produces droplet spectra with smaller average radii than those with the double-moment scheme.In the developing stage,the triple-moment scheme reduces the raindrop water content at the precipitation center.However,the further triple-moment scheme for raindrop is needed to simulate the development of warm rain accurately.
