Cloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology, Volume 5

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Courier Corporation, Jan 1, 2003 - Science - 144 pages

An expert and fascinating look at the subject of atmospheric phenomena, this text explores a multiplicity of subjects: the methods of collecting and analyzing data, the structure and growth of clouds from minute condensation nuclei to the familiar cloud forms, and the formation of rain, snow, and hail.
The introduction is succeeded by discussions of condensation nuclei, the building blocks of clouds, and the formation of clouds and their variety — orographic, layer, and cumuliform. Ice crystals and the formation of rain and snow are examined in detail, as are the properties and formation of hail. A review of the techniques for the scientific basis of cloud modifications includes the use of dry and silver-iodide particles; a look at the artificial stimulation of rainfall explores commercial cloud seeding; and a survey of methods for the modification of hailstorms covers the use of rockets and seeding with giant salt nuclei and silver iodide.
In addition to its value to students of meteorology, Cloud Physics offers readers outside the classroom a nontechnical and informative view of the nature of precipitation and clouds.

 

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Contents

PREFACE
1
Why is a nucleus necessary? Measuring the sizes
18
VARIOUS KINDS OF CLOUDS
40
ICE CRYSTALS
47
FORMATION OF RAIN AND SNOW 57
57
HAIL
75
SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF CLOUD MODIFICATIONS
89
ARTIFICIAL STIMULATION OF RAINFALL
103
CONCLUSION
129
ADDITIONAL READING MATERIAL
137
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Bibliographic information

TitleCloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology, Volume 5
Cloud Physics: A Popular Introduction to Applied Meteorology
Dover Earth Science Series
AuthorLouis J. Battan
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCourier Corporation, 2003
ISBN0486428850, 9780486428857
Length144 pages
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