Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Microphysics of Clouds
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Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Microphysics of Clouds

  1. 801 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Microphysics of Clouds

About this book

Thermodynamics, Kinetics, and Microphysics of Clouds presents a unified theoretical foundation that provides the basis for incorporating cloud microphysical processes in cloud and climate models. In particular, the book provides: • A theoretical basis for understanding the processes of cloud particle formation, evolution and precipitation, with emphasis on spectral cloud microphysics based on numerical and analytical solutions of the kinetic equations for the drop and crystal size spectra along with the supersaturation equation • The latest detailed theories and parameterizations of drop and crystal nucleation suitable for cloud and climate models derived from the general principles of thermodynamics and kinetics • A platform for advanced parameterization of clouds in weather prediction and climate models • The scientific foundation for weather and climate modification by cloud seeding. This book will be invaluable for researchers and advanced students engaged in cloud and aerosol physics, and air pollution and climate research.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781107016033
eBook ISBN
9781316055977
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Meteorology & Climatology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title page
  3. Poetical Works of Shelley
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Chapter 1: Introduction
  9. Chapter 2: Clouds and Their Properties
  10. Chapter 3: Thermodynamic Relations
  11. Chapter 4: Properties of Water and Aqueous Solutions
  12. Chapter 5: Diffusion and Coagulation Growth of Drops and Crystals
  13. Chapter 6: Wet Aerosol Processes
  14. Chapter 7: Activation of Cloud Condensation Nuclei into Cloud Drops
  15. Chapter 8: Homogeneous Nucleation
  16. Chapter 9: Heterogeneous Nucleation of Drops and Ice Crystals
  17. Chapter 10: Parameterizations of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation
  18. Chapter 11: Deliquescence and Efflorescence in Atmospheric Aerosols
  19. Chapter 12: Terminal Velocities of Drops and Crystals
  20. Chapter 13: Broad Size Spectra in Clouds and the Theory of Stochastic Condensation
  21. Chapter 14: Analytical Solutions to the Stochastic Kinetic Equation for Precipitating Clouds
  22. References
  23. Notations
  24. Index

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