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By
Robert Houze, Jr., University of Washington
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International Geophysics,
Description
Clouds play a critical role in the Earth's climate, general atmospheric circulation, and global water balance. Clouds are essential elements
in mesoscale meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, air pollution, atmosphericradiation, and weather forecasting, and thus must be understood
by any student or researcher in the atmospheric sciences.
Cloud Dynamics provides a skillful and comprehensive examination
of the nature of clouds--what they look like and why, how scientists observe them, and the basic dynamics and physics that underlie them.
The book describes the mechanics governing each type of cloud that occurs in Earth's atmosphere, and the organization of various types
of clouds in larger weather systems such as fronts, thunderstorms, and hurricanes.This book is aimed specifically at graduate students,
advanced undergraduates, practicing researchers either already in atmospheric science or moving in from a related scientific field, and
operational meteorologists. Some prior knowledge of atmospheric dynamics and physics is helpful, but a thorough overview of the necessary
prerequisites is supplied.
Audience
Researchers in atmospheric science and meteorology; graduate students and advanced undergraduates in meteorology.
Contents
(Chapter Headings):
Fundamentals:
Identification of Clouds. Atmospheric Dynamics. Cloud Microphysics. Radar Meteorology.
Phenomena:
Shallow-Layer Clouds. Nimbostratus. Cumulus Dynamics. Thunderstorms. Mesoscale Convective Systems. Clouds
in Hurricanes. Precipitating Clouds in Extratropical Cyclones. Orographic Clouds Chapter References. Subject Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 573 pages, publication date: MAR-1994
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-356881-6
ISBN-10: 0-12-356881-1
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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