A Short Course in Cloud Physics

M.K. Yau (Author), R R Rogers (Author)

9780750632157, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 15 May 1996

304 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.408 kg

"I strongly endorse its use as a text book for Undergraduate Seniors and beginning Graduate Students" --Dr V K Saxena, Professor of Meteorology NC State University, USA

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.

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

Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]