Short Course in Cloud Physics

Name: Short Course in Cloud Physics
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ISBN: 9780750632157

ISBN-10: 0750632151

ISBN-13: 9780750632157

Edition: 3rd 1989 (Revised)

Authors: M. K. Yau, R. R. Rogers

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Covers essential parts of cloud and precipitation physics and has been extensively rewritten with over 60 new illustrations and many new and up to date references. Many current topics are covered such as mesoscale meteorology, radar cloud studies and numerical cloud modelling, and topics from the second edition, such as severe storms, precipitation processes and large scale aspects of cloud physics, have been revised. Problems are included as examples and to supplement the text.

Book details

List price: $72.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 5/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Thermodynamics of dry air


Water vapor and its thermodynamic effects


Parcel buoyancy and atmospheric stability


Mixing and convection


Observed properties of clouds


Formation of cloud droplets


Droplet growth by condensation


Initiation of rain in nonfreezing clouds


Formation and growth of ice crystals


Rain and snow


Weather radar


Precipitation processes


Severe storm and hail


Weather modification


Numerical cloud models


References


Appendix


Answers to selected problems


Index