the branch of physics concerned with small objects and systems, such as atoms, molecules, nuclei, and elementary particles
Derived forms
microphysical (ˌmicroˈphysical)
adjective
Examples of 'microphysics' in a sentence
microphysics
The method generates subcolumns with suitable vertical correlations and feeds them into a microphysics parameterization.
V. E. Larson, D. P. Schanen 2013, 'The Subgrid Importance Latin Hypercube Sampler (SILHS): a multivariate subcolumn generator',Geoscientific Model Developmenthttp://www.geosci-model-dev.net/6/1813/2013/gmd-6-1813-2013.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Results show significant differences between microphysics parameterizations.
Pedro Bolgiani, Sergio Fernández-González, Francisco Valero, Andrés Merino, EduardoGarcía-Ortega, José Luis Sánchez, María Luisa Martín 2018, 'Numerical Simulation of a Heavy Precipitation Event in the Vicinity of Madrid-BarajasInternational Airport: Sensitivity to Initial Conditions, Domain Resolution, and MicrophysicsParameterizations', Atmospherehttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/9/329. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Analytical results are confirmed with a bin microphysics cloud model.
F. Yang, R. Shaw, H. Xue 2016, 'Conditions for super-adiabatic droplet growth after entrainment mixing', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicshttps://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/16/9421/2016/acp-16-9421-2016.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The precipitation forecasts were highly sensitive to cloud microphysics parameterization schemes.
Dalton Behringer, Sen Chiao 2019, 'Numerical Investigations of Atmospheric Rivers and the Rain Shadow over the SantaClara Valley', Atmospherehttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/10/3/114. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The final ensemble configuration considered three microphysics schemes and lead times over three rainfall events between 2015 and 2017.
Gonzalo Yáñez-Morroni, Jorge Gironás, Marta Caneo, Rodrigo Delgado, René Garreaud 2018, 'Using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model for Precipitation Forecastingin an Andean Region with Complex Topography', Atmospherehttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/8/304. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Here, we investigate how aerosol effects on cloud development and microphysics are coupled to the effects of mid-tropospheric dry air.
Alan M. Blyth, Zhiqiang Cui, Kenneth S. Carslaw 2011, 'The Coupled Effect of Mid-Tropospheric Moisture and Aerosol Abundance on Deep ConvectiveCloud Dynamics and Microphysics', Atmospherehttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/2/3/222/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)