2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analysis of whole evolution process of cloud droplets and turbulent mixing in cloud microphysics simulator
Project/Area Number |
15H02218
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Fluid engineering
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Research Institution | Nagoya Institute of Technology |
Principal Investigator |
Gotoh Toshiyuki 名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70162154)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
吉野 正人 信州大学, 学術研究院工学系, 教授 (00324228)
渡邊 威 名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (30345946)
三浦 英昭 核融合科学研究所, ヘリカル研究部, 教授 (40280599)
齋藤 泉 名古屋工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (70798602)
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Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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Keywords | 雲乱流 / 乱流混合 / 雲マイクロ物理 / 雲粒子 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Evolution of cloud droplets from cloud condensation nuclei to rain drops though the condensation and collision-coalescence processes has seamlessly been simulated in Cloud Microphysics Simulator (CMS). It is found that when the number density of the cloud droplets increases the mean radius becomes smaller and the width of the radius distribution function narrows, which is in agreement with the laboratory experiments at Michigan Tech. Univ. The spectrum of scalar fluctuations such as temperature and relative humidity is modulated at the high wavenumbers due to the interaction with the cloud droplets, and the modulation progressivley propagates toward low wavenumber bands.
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Free Research Field |
流体工学、乱流理論
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
雲粒から雨粒への成長過程を精度よく,実現象に近い結果を出すシミュレータを構築することができれば,実験や観測では測定困難な雲マイクロ物理過程の解析が進み,マクロスケールでの雲物理解明と気象予報のためのモデルの高精度化に重要な貢献を果たすことが期待される.また,非平衡非線形物理学上の最大難問である乱流の混合輸送における揺らぎの諸特性の解明にも大きな知見をもたらす.
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