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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id>authorea</journal-id>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Authorea</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22541/essoar.169186343.32928545/v1</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Distinct Mixing Regimes in Shallow Cumulus Clouds</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0009-0008-0254-426X</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Arieli</surname>
            <given-names>Yael</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Weizmann Institute of Science</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-6932-3746</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Eytan</surname>
            <given-names>Eshkol</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>University of Colorado Boulder</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-7923-9000</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Altaratz</surname>
            <given-names>Orit</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Weizmann Inst.</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-8429-4127</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Khain</surname>
            <given-names>Alexander</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Hebrew University in Jerusalem</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0001-6759-6265</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Koren</surname>
            <given-names>Ilan</given-names>
          </name>
          <address>
            <institution>Weizmann Institute of Science</institution>
          </address>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date date-type="preprint" publication-format="electronic">
        <day>12</day>
        <month>8</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <self-uri xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169186343.32928545/v1">This preprint is available at https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169186343.32928545/v1</self-uri>
      <abstract abstract-type="abstract">
        <p>Understanding the nature of mixing between cloudy air and its
surroundings is an important and yet, open question. In this research,
we use high-resolution (10m) bin-microphysics LES of a cumulus cloud,
together with a Lagrangian passive tracer tracking method, to study
mixing. We analyze the passive tracers as a function of their
trajectories and the thermodynamic conditions they undergo inside and
outside the cloud. Three main mixing regimes (core, periphery, and skin)
are identified, each determining a subset of tracers with similar
trajectories. These mixing regimes can be observed throughout the
cloud’s lifetime. At the dissipation stage, a fourth regime is
identified: cloud-top entrainment followed by downdrafts.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>atmospheric sciences</kwd>
        <kwd>cloud</kwd>
        <kwd>cumulus</kwd>
        <kwd>lagrangian</kwd>
        <kwd>mixing</kwd>
        <kwd>tracers</kwd>
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