BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250511T075131EDT-5330uE87eR@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250511T115131Z DESCRIPTION:Turbulence enhancement of droplet collisions: how do droplets g row in turbulent clouds?\n\nAbstract\n\nAs one of the major features of wa rm\, cumulus clouds\, turbulence has long been argued to accelerate drople t collision-coalescence process and thus shorten the warm rain initiation time. Both stochastic models and direct numerical simulation (DNS) have ob served a significant turbulent enhancement of geometric collision kernel. And LES studies proposed that turbulence may even increase the amount of r ainfall. However\, how much contribution the turbulence make from a quanti tative perspective is still debatable. In addition\, studies on hydrodynam ic effects\, which determines the collision efficiency\, are insufficient to reach a quantitative agreement\, and results from DNS studies on the ev olution of droplet size distribution(DSD) are rare. A more quantitative ev aluation of the effect of small-scale turbulent is needed to unfold the my stery of warm rain initiation process. \n We developed a DNS model to simul ate the droplet collision-coalescence process inside cloud adiabatic cores \, where the turbulence is assumed to be homogeneous and isotropic. The pu rpose of our study is to quantify the influence of turbulence (Reynolds nu mber and eddy dissipation rate) on droplet growth to shed light on paramet erizations of turbulent collision kernel. Recently\, the model includes dr oplet hydrodynamic effect by explicitly resolving the droplet disturbance flow. In this presentation\, I will walk you through the growth history of a droplet by collision and coalescence. Recent attempts on studying the c ollision efficiency and DSD evolution under turbulence will also be given. \n DTSTART:20160120T193000Z DTEND:20160120T200000Z LOCATION:Room 934\, Burnside Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0B9\, 805 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Student Seminar: Sisi Chen URL:/meteo/channels/event/student-seminar-sisi-chen-25 5066 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR