TY - BOOK ID - 80827080 TI - Physics and Dynamics of Clouds and Precipitation. PY - 2013 SN - 9780511794285 9781107005563 9781107308510 1107308518 9781107314061 1107314062 0511794282 1107005566 9781299276321 1299276326 9781107306318 1107306310 1107234255 9781107234253 1107301238 9781107301238 1107254213 9781107254213 1107311861 9781107311862 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Cloud physics KW - Precipitation (Meteorology) KW - 551.576.1 KW - 551.5 KW - Water KW - Weather KW - Atmospheric physics KW - 551.576.1 Cloud structure, formation, dissolution. Cloud nomenclature, classification KW - Cloud structure, formation, dissolution. Cloud nomenclature, classification KW - 551.5 Meteorology KW - Meteorology KW - Cloud physics. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80827080 AB - This key new textbook provides a state-of-the-art view of the physics of cloud and precipitation formation, covering the most important topics in the field: the microphysics, thermodynamics and cloud-scale dynamics. Highlights include: the condensation process explained with new insights from chemical physics studies; the impact of the particle curvature (the Kelvin equation) and solute effect (the Köhler equation); homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation from recent molecular dynamic simulations; and the hydrodynamics of falling hydrometeors and their impact on collision growth. 3D cloud-model simulations demonstrate the dynamics and microphysics of deep convective clouds and cirrus formation, and each chapter contains problems enabling students to review and implement their new learning. Packed with detailed mathematical derivations and cutting-edge stereographic illustrations, this is an ideal text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses, and also serves as a reference for academic researchers and professionals working in atmospheric science, meteorology, climatology, remote sensing and environmental science. ER -