Numerical evaluation of the description of macro-physical aspects in the model of a convective cloud (liquid stage)

Summary

The computational procedure and numerical results of preliminary testing of the so-called individual Ma-operation, which forms a constructional element of the model of a convective cloud[1], are described. In the pattern of this model, the Ma-operation represents a separate formulation of the dynamic aspects of the development of the cloud. It is tested here for the liquid stage of the cloud at three levels below the zero isotherm. An artificially constructed set of input data is used and several simplifications of the original procedure are applied. The results of the preliminary testing have indicated that some of the simplifying assumptions used cannot be applied to a real input set in connecting up the Ma-operation to the previous Mi-operation, describing the micro-physical processes within the model proposed. The objective of future work will therefore be more accurate testing of the Ma-operation for the liquid stage with a real set of data and, eventually, its extension to cover the mixed part of the cloud.