A Short Course in Cloud Physics

3 Edición - 15 de mayo de 1996
Última edición
Autores: M.K. Yau, R R Rogers
Idioma: Inglés

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… Leer más

Descripción

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.

De interès para

For graduate students and upperlevel undergraduates in cloud physics and physical meteorology

Índice

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

Reseñas

"I strongly endorse its use as a text book for Undergraduate Seniors and beginning Graduate Students"—Dr V K Saxena, Professor of Meteorology NC State University, USA

Detalles del producto

Edición: 3
Última edición
Publicado: 15 de mayo de 1996
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

M.K. Yau

Afiliaciones y experiencia

Department of Atmospheric & Ocean Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

R R Rogers