Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Turbulence-induced cloud voids: observation and interpretation Turbulence-induced cloud voids: observation and interpretation
Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Digital Commons @ Michigan Tech Turbulence-induced cloud voids: observation and interpretation Turbulence-induced cloud voids: observation and interpretation
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数字共享@密歇根理工大学 数字共享@密歇根理工大学 湍流引起的云空洞:观察和解释 湍流引起的云空洞:观察和解释
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Shaheer Ahmed
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H. Inam;Hajra Arshad;Usama Waqar;S. M. A. Zaidi;Shaheer Ahmed
. The phenomenon of “cloud voids”, i.e., elongated volumes inside a cloud that are devoid of droplets, was observed with laser sheet photography in clouds at a mountaintop station. Two experimental cases, similar in turbulence conditions yet with diverse droplet size distributions and cloud void prevalence, are reported. A theoretical explana-tion is proposed based on the study of heavy inertial sedimenting particles inside a Burgers vortex. A general conclusion regarding void appearance is drawn from theoretical analysis. Numerical simulations of polydisperse droplet motion with realistic vortex parameters and Mie scattering visual effects accounted for can explain the presence of voids with sizes similar to that of the observed ones. Clustering and segregation effects in a vortex tube are discussed for reasonable cloud conditions.