Clouds and Their Climatic Impact
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Clouds and Their Climatic Impact

Radiation, Circulation, and Precipitation

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Clouds and Their Climatic Impact

Radiation, Circulation, and Precipitation

About this book

Exploring how clouds influence radiation, circulation, and precipitation

Clouds are an influential and complex element of Earth's climate system. They evolve rapidly in time and exist over small spatial scales, but also affect global radiative balance and large-scale circulations. With more powerful models and extensive observations now at our disposal, the climate impact of clouds is receiving ever more research attention.

Clouds and Their Climatic Impacts: Radiation, Circulation, and Precipitation presents an overview of our current understanding on various types of clouds and cloud systems and their multifaceted role in the radiative budget, circulation patterns, and rainfall.

Volume highlights include:

  • Interactions of aerosol with both liquid and ice clouds
  • Surface and atmospheric cloud radiative feedbacks and effects
  • Arctic, extratropical, and tropical clouds
  • Cloud-circulation coupling at global, meso, and micro scales
  • Precipitation efficiency, phase, and measurements
  • The role of machine learning in understanding clouds and climate

The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

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Yes, you can access Clouds and Their Climatic Impact by Sylvia C. Sullivan, Corinna Hoose, Sylvia C. Sullivan,Corinna Hoose in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Sciences physiques & Météorologie et climatologie. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1 Science of Cloud and Climate Science: An Analysis of the Literature Over the Past 50 Years
  8. Part I Clouds and Radiation
  9. Part II Cloud Types
  10. Part III Clouds and Circulation
  11. Part IV Clouds and Precipitation
  12. Part V Outlook
  13. INDEX
  14. EULA