Physics and Dynamics of Clouds and Precipitation

Preface 1. Observation of clouds 2. The shape and size of cloud and precipitation particles 3. Molecular structures of water substance 4. Bulk thermodynamic equilibrium among water vapor, liquid water, and ice 5. Surface thermodynamics of water substance 6. Aerosol in the atmosphere 7. Nucleation 8. Hydrodynamics of cloud and precipitation particles 9. Diffusion growth and evaporation of cloud and precipitation particles 10. Collision, coalescence, break-up and melting 11. Cloud drop population dynamics in warm rain process 12. Fundamental cloud dynamics 13. Numerical cloud models 14. Cloud electricity 15. Clouds-environment interaction References Index.

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