Abstract
This book presents the most comprehensive and systematic description currently available of both classical and novel theories of cloud processes, providing a much-needed link between cloud theory, observation, experimental results, and cloud modeling. This volume shows why and how modern models serve as a major tool of investigation of cloud processes responsible for atmospheric phenomena, including climate change. It systematically describes classical as well as recent advancements in cloud physics, including cloud-aerosol interaction; collisions of particles in turbulent clouds; and the formation of multiphase cloud particles. As the first of its kind to serve as a practical guide for using state-of-the-art numerical cloud models, major emphasis is placed on explaining how microphysical processes are treated in modern numerical cloud resolving models. The book will be a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers and numerical model designers in cloud physics, atmospheric science, meteorology, and environmental science.
Original language | American English |
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Number of pages | 626 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781139049481 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780521767439 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Alexander P. Khain and Mark Pinsky 2018.