Data · dataset · 2026
The Ice Particle and Aggregate Simulator (IPAS). Part II: Analysis of a database of theoretical aggregates for microphysical parameterization
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Bulk ice-microphysical models parameterize the dynamic evolution of ice particles from advection, collection, and sedimentation through a cloud layer to the surface.
Description
Frozen hydrometeors can grow to acquire a multitude of shapes and sizes, which influence the distribution of mass within cloud systems. Aggregates, defined herein as the collection of ice particles, have a variety of formations based on initial ice particle size, shape, falling orientation, and the number of particles that collect.
This work focuses on using the Ice Particle and Aggregate Simulator (IPAS) as a statistical tool to repetitively collect ice crystals of identical properties to derive bulk aggregate characteristics. A database of 9 744 000 aggregates is generated with resulting properties analyzed. After 150 single ice crystals (monomers) collect, the most extreme aggregate aspect ratio calculations asymptote toward phi(ca)=(c/a) asymptotic to 0.75 and phi(ca) asymptotic to 0.50 for aggregates composed of quasi-horizontally oriented and randomly oriented monomers, respectively.
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The results presented are largely consistent with both a previous theoretical study and estimates derived from ground-based observations from two different geographic locations. Particle falling orientation highly influences newly formed aggregate aspect ratios from the collection of particles with extreme aspect ratios; quasi-horizontally oriented particles can produce aggregate aspect ratios an order of magnitude more extreme than randomly oriented particles but can also produce near-spherical aggregates as the number of monomers comprising the aggregate reach approximately 100.
Finally, a majority of collections result in aggregates that are closer to prolate than oblate spheroids.
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- data.ucar.edu /dataset/the-ice-particle-and-aggregate-simulator-ipas-part-ii-… ↗
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- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
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