Publication: Beyond bulk entrainment and detrainment rates: A new framework for diagnosing mixing in cumulus convection
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2012
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Nie, Ji, and Zhiming Kuang. 2012. “Beyond Bulk Entrainment and Detrainment Rates: A New Framework for Diagnosing Mixing in Cumulus Convection: MAPPING FRAMEWORK FOR CONVECTIVE MIXING.” Geophysical Research Letters39 (21): n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053992.
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A new framework for diagnosing mixing in cumulus convection is proposed, where the vertical evolution of the cloud mass flux distribution as a function of given parcel properties is viewed as a mapping process. Matrices that characterize this mapping process are constructed using a Lagrangian particle dispersion model embedded in a Large Eddy Simulation. Extending previous use of LES-diagnosed bulk entrainment and detrainment rates to test bulk plume models, the construction of these mapping matrices from LES provides a reference, against which multiple-parcel models can be compared. The framework is further applied to diagnose the response of shallow cumuli to a small temperature perturbation. Citation: Nie, J., and Z. Kuang (2012), Beyond bulk entrainment and detrainment rates: A new framework for diagnosing mixing in cumulus convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21803, doi: 10.1029/2012GL053992.
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