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Microphysics of clouds and precipitation

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. cloud electricity, which deals with the electrical structure of clouds and the electrification processes of cloud and precipi­ tation particles;
eBook, English, ©1997
2nd rev. and enl. ed View all formats and editions
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, ©1997
1 online resource (xx, 954 pages) : illustrations
9780306481000, 9780792342113, 0306481006, 0792342119
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Historical Review.- Microstructure of Atmospheric Clouds and Precipitation.- The Structure of Water Substance.- Equilibrium Between Water Vapor, Water, Aqueous Solutions, and Ice in Bulk.- Surface Properties of Water Substance.- Equilibrium Behavior of Cloud Drops and Ice Particles.- Homogeneous Nucleation.- The Atmospheric Aerosol and Trace Gases.- Heterogeneous Nucleation.- Hydrodynamics of Single Cloud and Precipitation Particles.- Mechanics of the Atmospheric Aerosol.- Cooling of Moist Air.- Diffusion Growth and Evaporation of Water Drops and Snow Crystals.- Cloud Particle Interactions.- Growth of Cloud Drops by Collision, Coalescence and Breakup.- Growth of Ice Particles by Accretion and Ice Particle Melting.- Cloud Chemistry.- Cloud Electricity.