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Third Edition
By
M K Yau, Dept Meteorology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
R R ROGERS, Dept Meteorology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Description
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.
Audience
For graduate students and upperlevel undergraduates in cloud physics and physical meteorology
Contents
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
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Paperback, 304 pages, publication date: JAN-1989
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-3215-7
ISBN-10: 0-7506-3215-1
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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