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Название: A Microscopic Aggregation Model of Droplet Dynamics in Warm Clouds
Авторы: Provata A., Nicolis C.
Аннотация:
Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 74, Nos. 1/2, 1994. p. 75-89.
A microscopic model of warm clouds involving input of water droplets, droplet-droplet aggregation, droplet breakup, and precipitation is presented. Numerical simulations and analytical arguments indicate that after the stage of growth and just before precipitation sets in, a warm cloud is characterized by a droplet-size distribution which follows from an inverse power law as a function of the droplet size. When precipitation is taken into account, the above distribution is transformed into a distribution decaying exponentially with the droplet size, in agreement with field observations. It is suggested that the initiation of rainfall in a precipitating warm cloud can be viewed as an instability triggered by the presence of a power-law distribution.