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New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization. Part II: The two-moment scheme

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In this paper, a new two-moment microphysical parameterization is described, which predicts the mixing ratio and number concentration of rain, pristine ice crystals, snow, aggregates, graupel and hail.
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This article is published in Atmospheric Research.The article was published on 1997-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 477 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microphysics & Graupel.

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Explicit Forecasts of Winter Precipitation Using an Improved Bulk Microphysics Scheme. Part II: Implementation of a New Snow Parameterization

TL;DR: In this article, a new bulk microphysical parameterization (BMP) was developed for use with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model or other mesoscale models.
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Impact of Cloud Microphysics on the Development of Trailing Stratiform Precipitation in a Simulated Squall Line: Comparison of One- and Two-Moment Schemes

TL;DR: A two-moment cloud microphysics scheme predicting the mixing ratios and number concentrations of five species (i.e., cloud droplets, cloud ice, snow, rain, and graupel) has been implemented into the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) as discussed by the authors.
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Explicit Forecasts of Winter Precipitation Using an Improved Bulk Microphysics Scheme. Part I: Description and Sensitivity Analysis

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the sensitivity of winter precipitation to various aspects of a bulk, mixed-phase microphysical parameterization found in three widely used mesoscale models [the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University-National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5), the Rapid Update Cycle (RUC), and the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model].
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A New Two-Moment Bulk Stratiform Cloud Microphysics Scheme in the Community Atmosphere Model, Version 3 (CAM3). Part I: Description and Numerical Tests

TL;DR: In this article, a two-moment stratiform cloud microphysics scheme in a general circulation model is described, which treats several microphysical processes, including hydrometeor collection, condensation/ evaporation, freezing, melting, and sedimentation.
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A New Double-Moment Microphysics Parameterization for Application in Cloud and Climate Models. Part I: Description

TL;DR: In this paper, a double-moment bulk microphysics scheme predicting the number concentrations and mixing ratios of four hydrometeor species (droplets, cloud ice, rain, snow) is described.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on one major aspect of cloud microphysics, which involves the processes that lead to the formation of individual cloud and precipitation particles, and provide an account of the major characteristics of atmospheric aerosol particles.
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Bulk Parameterization of the Snow Field in a Cloud Model

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Production of secondary ice particles during the riming process

TL;DR: In this paper, the concentrations of ice particles in natural clouds and their ability to predict them from measurements made, for example in laboratory cloud chambers, at the same temperature were investigated, and the results showed that ice crystals play a vital part in the formation of precipitation.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a model combining the effects of deposition and condensation-freezing nucleation is formulated based on data obtained from continuous-flow diffusion chambers, which indicate an exponential variation of ice-nuclei concentrations with ice supersaturation reasonably independent of temperatures between −7° and −20°C.
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