Simulation of the influence of aerosol particle characteristics on clouds and precipitation with LM-SPECS: Model description and first results

• Published in: Atmospheric research Vol. 90; no. 2; pp. 233 - 242
• Main Authors: Grützun, V., Knoth, O., Simmel, M.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.11.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Cloud physics; Droplet nucleation; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Ice nucleation; LM-SPECS; Meteorology; Particles and aerosols; Precipitation formation; Spectral microphysics; Water in the atmosphere (humidity, clouds, evaporation, precipitation); Spectral microphysics; Ice nucleation; Precipitation formation; LM-SPECS; Droplet nucleation; Water cloud; Ice nucleus; atmospheric precipitation; aerosols; digital simulation; Condensation nucleus; troposphere; Mixed cloud; Cloud physics; three-dimensional models

The novel model system LM-SPECS is presented combining a spectral bin microphysics scheme and the three-dimensional Lokalmodell (LM, today called COSMO) of the German Weather Service (“Deutscher Wetterdienst”). The model is designed to investigate in detail the interaction of atmospheric aerosol par...