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12 - Aeronautical, Mechanical, Chemical and Manufacturing Engineering
Newcastle University
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Article title
A Lagrangian approach to droplet condensation in atmospheric clouds
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Physics of Fluids
Article number
106603
Volume number
21
Issue number
10
First page of article
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ISSN of journal
1089-7666
Year of publication
2009
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
A solution is given to a long standing problem in cloud physics, namely the origin of the broad size distribution of cloud droplets. This is shown to be due to the combined effect of dispersion of large and small scale turbulent structures. A novel method for tracking individual droplets is employed and kinematic simulation is used to overcome the problem of dealing with the large range of scales of motion in clouds. The work in this paper led to Reeks being invited to give the 2009 Knox Millsaps Lecture at the University of Florida (contact: Prof James Klausner, klaus@ufl.edu).
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Research group
E - Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Systems
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