Research cloud electrification model in the Wisconsin dynamic/microphysical model 2: Charge structure in an idealized thunderstorm and its dependence on ion generation rate

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378289%3A_____%2F22%3A00554079" target="_blank" >RIV/68378289:_____/22:00554079 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/61389005:_____/22:00554079 RIV/00216208:11310/22:10441646 RIV/68407700:21340/22:00364093

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016980952200076X?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016980952200076X?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106090" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106090</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Research cloud electrification model in the Wisconsin dynamic/microphysical model 2: Charge structure in an idealized thunderstorm and its dependence on ion generation rate

Original language description

This paper presents a cloud electrification model, which we embedded in the Wisconsin Dynamic and Microphysical Model-2 and labels it CEMW. WISDYMM-2 makes use of two-moment cloud microphysics to produce 5 hydrometeor types (e.g., cloud-droplets, raindrops, cloud-ice, snow, and graupel) that are used by CEMW for storm electrification where storm convection is initiated by a warm air bubble that is placed over an assumed flat terrain with no surface friction. In this paper, CEMW was used to examine cloud electrification in a simulated (idealized) thundercloud and to examine the impact of various formulations of the ion generation rate by cosmic rays (G) on how the storm and individual hydrometeor charges were structured. Results showed that the CEMW generates reasonable electric charge structures, which is qualitatively similar to those published by Brothers et al. (2018) in that it consists of a number of smaller positively and negatively charged regions. This structure differs from a charge structure generally depicted by conceptual models based on conventional balloon measurements of electric field. However, simulated balloon measurements in the idealized thunder clouds further revealed that CEMW produces electrostatic charge distributions and electric field profiles that are in good agreement with those reported by real balloon measurements. How charge is structured by CEMW was tested by formulating G (the ion generation rate) in two different ways. First, we derived G assuming fair weather conditions, which is the usual way applied in cloud electrification modelling. Second, we calculated Gs using the Cosmic Ray Atmospheric Cascade: Cosmic Ray Induced Ionization model for several values of solar modulation potential and cut-off rigidity. The results show that the structure of the electric charge fields does not differ much depending on G, but the fundamental difference between G is in the amount of electric discharges.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000481" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000481: Research Center of Cosmic Rays and Radiation Events in the Atmosphere</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Atmospheric Research

ISSN

0169-8095

e-ISSN

1873-2895

Volume of the periodical

270

Issue of the periodical within the volume

June 1

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

106090

UT code for WoS article

000819844200003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85124648634