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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Pruppacher, H. R.
Pruppacher, H.R
Titre(s) : Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation [Texte électronique] / by H.R. Pruppacher, J.D. Klett
Édition : 1
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Springer e-books, 2010
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Collection : Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library ; 18
Note(s) : Cloud physics has achieved such a voluminous literature over the past few decades
that a significant quantitative study of the entire field would prove unwieldy. This
book concentrates on one major aspect: cloud microphysics, which involves the processes
that lead to the formation of individual cloud and precipitation particles. Common
practice has shown that one may distinguish among the following addi tional major
aspects: cloud dynamics, which is concerned with the physics respon sible for the
macroscopic features of clouds; cloud electricity, which deals with the electrical
structure of clouds and the electrification processes of cloud and precipi tation
particles; and cloud optics and radar meteorology, which describe the effects of electromagnetic
waves interacting with clouds and precipitation. Another field intimately related
to cloud physics is atmospheric chemistry, which involves the chemical composition
ofthe atmosphere and the life cycle and characteristics of its gaseous and particulate
constituents. In view of the natural interdependence of the various aspects of cloud
physics, the subject of microphysics cannot be discussed very meaningfully out of
context. Therefore, we have found it necessary to touch briefly upon a few simple
and basic concepts of cloud dynamics and thermodynamics, and to provide an account
of the major characteristics of atmospheric aerosol particles. We have also included
a separate chapter on some of the effects of electric fields and charges on the precipitation-forming
processes
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Klett, J. D.. Fonction indéterminée
Sujet(s) : Météorologie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780306481000
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