NUMERICAL SIMULATION STDUY OF HAIL CLOUDPART II.MECHANISM OF HALL FORMATION AND HAIL SUPPRESSION WITH SEEDING

A detailed 3-D hail cloud numerical model and parameterization of mierophysieal processes were described in Part I(Hong 1999)of this study.In this part,a hail cloud occurring in Xunyi area.Shaanxi Province on July 8,1997 is simulated by the model to analyze mechanisms of hail formation and hail suppression with seeding.The results show that 97% of hail embryos are frozen drops.The seeding experiments with AgI in terms of heights show that if the seeding is made before hail formation,the optimum seeding position is located in the maximum updraft area and its center,i.e.,AgI is seeded in the zone with high water content to be coordinated with maximum zone of the updraft.The seeding makes concentrations of graupel and frozen drop increase and their average mass or size decrease,so that the proportion of conversion from graupel and frozen drop into hail descends greatly,and the mass and concentration of hailstone are decreased to achieve our purpose for hail suppression.