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References: modelling frameworks

Sylwester Arabas edited this page Mar 17, 2024 · 10 revisions

Fokker-Plank and other stat-phys aproaches for spectrum evolution:

  • Telford 1955
    "A new aspect of coalescence theory"
  • Williams & Wojtowicz 1982
    "A Simple Model for Droplet Size Distribution in Atmospheric Clouds"
  • Reuter 1988
    "The collection kernel for two falling cloud drops subjected to random perturbations in a turbulent air flow: a stochastic model"
  • Provata & Nicolis 1994
    "A microscopic aggregation model of droplet dynamics in warm clouds"
  • Wu & McFarquhar 2018
    "Statistical Theory on the Functional Form of Cloud Particle Size Distributions"
  • Yano 2019
    "What Is the Maximum Entropy Principle? Comments on ``Statistical Theory on the Functional Form of Cloud Particle Size Distributions''"
  • Wu & McFarquhar 2019
    "Reply to “What Is the Maximum Entropy Principle? Comments on ‘Statistical Theory on the Functional Form of Cloud Particle Size Distributions’”"
  • Chandrakar et al. 2019
    "Droplet size distributions in turbulent clouds: experimental evaluation of theoretical distributions"
  • Saito et al. 2019
    "Broadening of Cloud Droplet Size Distributions by Condensation in Turbulence"
  • Krueger 2020
    "Technical note: Equilibrium droplet size distributions in a turbulent cloud chamber with uniform supersaturation"

updraft-downdraft cycle in adiabatic parcel:

entraining parcel:

2D kinematic:

single-column kinematic setups (incl. KiD-1D):