Droplets

Superdroplet Method for Cloud Microphysics

Features

• Superdroplet coalescence scheme (Shima et al. 2009 SDM), with multiple kernel options
• Droplet activation/diffusional growth via the κ-Köhler equation
• Droplet motion and settling
• MPDATA scheme for fluid advection (Smolarkiewicz, 1998)
• Turbulence closures and functions (Abade and Grabowski., 2018; Mellor-Yamada 2.5)
• 0D and 1D spatial architecture for cloud simulations

Examples (Droplets/Examples)

• Box model collision-coalescence and/or condensation
• Superdroplet microphysics coupling for CloudMicrophysics.jl parcel model
• 1D and 2D MPDATA advection examples
• MPDATA Warm Bubble Boussinesq solver
• 1D Kinematic Rainshaft with prescribed Thermodynamics (Shipway and Hill, 2012, PySDM)
• Single column DyCOMSII-RF02 stratocumulus example with MPDATA advection and a TKE-based turbulence closure (Wyant et al., 2007, Ackerman et al., 2009)