Abstract: Accretion is shown to have a narrowing effect on the drop size distribution while the newly defined processes ?large hydrometeor self-collection, ? is shown to he responsible for the rapid growth of large hydrometeors and ...

Abstract: A new, highly accurate, yet fast method for the numerical solution of the stochastic collection equation is described. Basic size distribution parameters are defined that lay a basis for a parameterized description of ...

Abstract: The initial spreading of a cloud droplet distribution, its time of formation and placement of the second maximum, and the value of the minimum between the two maxima are systematically related to the mean mass and standard ...

Abstract: A new parameterization of cloud particle growth combines the effects of accretion and self-collection, and frees the large-hydrometeor water mass and spectral moments to grow independently. The large-hydrometeor water mass ...