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Mixed-Phase Clouds

Author : Constantin Andronache
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 012810550X
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Mixed-Phase Clouds by : Constantin Andronache

Download or read book Mixed-Phase Clouds written by Constantin Andronache and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixed-Phase Clouds: Observations and Modeling presents advanced research topics on mixed-phase clouds. As the societal impacts of extreme weather and its forecasting grow, there is a continuous need to refine atmospheric observations, techniques and numerical models. Understanding the role of clouds in the atmosphere is increasingly vital for current applications, such as prediction and prevention of aircraft icing, weather modification, and the assessment of the effects of cloud phase partition in climate models. This book provides the essential information needed to address these problems with a focus on current observations, simulations and applications. Provides in-depth knowledge and simulation of mixed-phase clouds over many regions of Earth, explaining their role in weather and climate Features current research examples and case studies, including those on advanced research methods from authors with experience in both academia and the industry Discusses the latest advances in this subject area, providing the reader with access to best practices for remote sensing and numerical modeling

Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation

Author : Darrel Baumgardner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781944970260
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (72 download)

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Book Synopsis Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation by : Darrel Baumgardner

Download or read book Ice Formation and Evolution in Clouds and Precipitation written by Darrel Baumgardner and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ice crystals, with their myriad shapes, sizes and densities, play an important role in the formation, evolution and subsequent impact of ice and mixed-phase clouds on weather and climate. There are numerous pathways through which ice crystals nucleate, grow and dissipate. Although many of these are understood theoretically and have been simulated in the laboratory and cloud chambers, they are less well documented in natural clouds. The challenges of making measurements from moving platforms in an environment that is spatially inhomogenous and temporally unsteady, as well as sometimes at high altitudes and in clouds with icing potential makes these clouds difficult to observe. Nevertheless, the importance of ice clouds on climate and the hydrological cycle compels us to better understand ice processes through improved measurements over as broad of a temporal and geographical scale as possible. This monograph represents a collection of articles that do exactly that."-- Book jacket.

Physical Processes in Clouds and Cloud Modeling

Author : Alexander P. Khain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521767431
Total Pages : 643 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Book Synopsis Physical Processes in Clouds and Cloud Modeling by : Alexander P. Khain

Download or read book Physical Processes in Clouds and Cloud Modeling written by Alexander P. Khain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive analysis of modern theories of cloud microphysical processes and their representation in numerical cloud models.

Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics

Author : Jerry M. Straka
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139478830
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (788 download)

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Book Synopsis Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics by : Jerry M. Straka

Download or read book Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics written by Jerry M. Straka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses specifically on bin and bulk parameterizations for the prediction of cloud and precipitation at various scales - the cloud scale, mesoscale, synoptic scale, and the global climate scale. It provides a background to the fundamental principles of parameterization physics, including processes involved in the production of clouds, ice particles, liquid water, snow aggregate, graupel and hail. It presents full derivations of the parameterizations, allowing readers to build parameterization packages, with varying levels of complexity based on information in the book. Architectures for a range of dynamical models are given, in which parameterizations form a significant tool for investigating large non-linear numerical systems. Model codes are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521883382. Written for researchers and advanced students of cloud and precipitation microphysics, this book is also a valuable reference for all atmospheric scientists involved in models of numerical weather prediction.

Arctic mixed-phase clouds : Macro- and microphysical insights with a numerical model

Author : Loewe, Katharina
Publisher : KIT Scientific Publishing
ISBN 13 : 3731506866
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Arctic mixed-phase clouds : Macro- and microphysical insights with a numerical model by : Loewe, Katharina

Download or read book Arctic mixed-phase clouds : Macro- and microphysical insights with a numerical model written by Loewe, Katharina and published by KIT Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to Clouds

Author : Ulrike Lohmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316586251
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Clouds written by Ulrike Lohmann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Clouds provides a fundamental understanding of clouds, ranging from cloud microphysics to the large-scale impacts of clouds on climate. On the microscale, phase changes and ice nucleation are covered comprehensively, including aerosol particles and thermodynamics relevant for the formation of clouds and precipitation. At larger scales, cloud dynamics, mid-latitude storms and tropical cyclones are discussed leading to the role of clouds on the hydrological cycle and climate. Each chapter ends with problem sets and multiple-choice questions that can be completed online, and important equations are highlighted in boxes for ease of reference. Combining mathematical formulations with qualitative explanations of underlying concepts, this accessible book requires relatively little previous knowledge, making it ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in atmospheric science, environmental sciences and related disciplines.

Motions of Ice Hydrometeors in the Atmosphere

Author : Pao K. Wang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9813344318
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (133 download)

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Book Synopsis Motions of Ice Hydrometeors in the Atmosphere by : Pao K. Wang

Download or read book Motions of Ice Hydrometeors in the Atmosphere written by Pao K. Wang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes unique research findings on the hydrodynamic behavior of ice particles (ice crystals, snow, graupel and hailstones) in the atmosphere. The fall behavior of ice hydrometeors determines how and how fast a mixed-phase cloud can grow or dissipate. The book discusses how the authors used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and numerical simulations to determine these behaviors, and presents these computations along with numerous detailed tables and illustrations of turbulent flow fields. It also examines the implications of the results for the general atmospheric sciences as well as for climate science (since the cloud problem is the source of the greatest uncertainty in model-based climate predictions). As such it allows readers to gain a clear and comprehensive understanding of how particles fall in clouds and offers insights into cloud physics and dynamics and their impact on the climate..

Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols

Author : Colin D. O'Dowd
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402064748
Total Pages : 1275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols by : Colin D. O'Dowd

Download or read book Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols written by Colin D. O'Dowd and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 1275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atmospheric particles are ubiquitous in the atmosphere: they form the seeds for cloud droplets and they form haze layers, blocking out incoming radiation and contributing to a partial cooling of our climate. They also contribute to poor air quality and health impacts. A large fraction of aerosols are formed from nucleation processes – that is a phase transition from vapour to liquid or solid particles. Examples are the formation of stable clusters about 1 nm in size from molecular collisions and these in turn can grow into larger (100 nm or more) haze particles via condensation to the formation of ice crystals in mixed phase or cold clouds. This book brings together the leading experts from the nucleation and atmospheric aerosols research communities to present the current state-of-the-art knowledge in these related fields. Topics covered are: Nucleation Experiment & Theory, Binary, Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nucleation, Ion & Cluster Properties During Nucleation, Aerosol Characterisation & Properties, Aerosol Formation, Dynamics and Growth, Marine Aerosol Production, Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, Chemical Composition & Cloud Drop Activation, Remote Sensing of aerosol & clouds and Air Quality-Climate Interactions

Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate

Author : David Randall
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400842778
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate by : David Randall

Download or read book Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate written by David Randall and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential primer on atmospheric processes and their important role in the climate system The atmosphere is critical to climate change. It can amplify shifts in the climate system, and also mitigate them. This primer offers a short, reader-friendly introduction to these atmospheric processes and how they work, written by a leading expert on the subject. Giving readers an overview of key atmospheric processes, David Randall looks at how our climate system receives energy from the sun and sheds it by emitting infrared radiation back into space. The atmosphere regulates these radiative energy flows and transports energy through weather systems such as thunderstorms, monsoons, hurricanes, and winter storms. Randall explains how these processes work, and also how precipitation, cloud formation, and other phase changes of water strongly influence weather and climate. He discusses how atmospheric feedbacks affect climate change, how the large-scale atmospheric circulation works, how predicting the weather and the climate are fundamentally different challenges, and much more. This is the ideal introduction for students and nonspecialists. No prior experience in atmospheric science is needed, only basic college physics. Authoritative and concise, Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate features a glossary of terms, suggestions for further reading, and easy-to-follow explanations of a few key equations. This accessible primer is the essential introduction to atmospheric processes and the vital role they play in our climate system.

Radiation in a Cloudy Atmosphere

Author : E.M. Feigelson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9789027718037
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Radiation in a Cloudy Atmosphere by : E.M. Feigelson

Download or read book Radiation in a Cloudy Atmosphere written by E.M. Feigelson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1984-07-31 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radiative heat transfer is a fundamental factor in the energetics of the terrestrial atmosphere: the system consisting of the atmosphere and the underlying layer is heated by the Sun, and this heating is compensated, on the average, by thermal radia tion. Only over a period of 1-3 days from some specified initial moment can the dynamic processes in the atmosphere be considered to be adiabatic. Global dynamic processes of long duration are regulated by the actual influxes of heat, one of the main ones being the radiative influx. Radiation must be taken into account in long-term, weather forecasting and when considering the global circulation of the atmosphere, the theory of climate, etc. Thus it is necessary to know the albedo of the system, the amount of solar radiation transmitted by the atmosphere, the absorptivity of the atmosphere vis-a-vis solar radiation, and also the effective radiation flux, the divergence of which represents the radiative cooling or heating. All these quantities have to be integrated over the wavelength spectrum of the solar or thermal radiation, and they must be ascertained as functions of the determining factors. The relation ships between the indicated radiation characteristics, the optical quantities directly determining them, the optically active compo nents of the atmosphere, and the meteorological fields will be discussed in this book.

Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation

Author : Tanvir Islam
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128104384
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Book Synopsis Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation by : Tanvir Islam

Download or read book Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation written by Tanvir Islam and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remote Sensing of Aerosols, Clouds, and Precipitation compiles recent advances in aerosol, cloud, and precipitation remote sensing from new satellite observations. The book examines a wide range of measurements from microwave (both active and passive), visible, and infrared portions of the spectrum. Contributors are experts conducting state-of-the-art research in atmospheric remote sensing using space, airborne, and ground-based datasets, focusing on supporting earth observation satellite missions for aerosol, cloud, and precipitation studies. A handy reference for scientists working in remote sensing, earth science, electromagnetics, climate physics, and space engineering. Valuable for operational forecasters, meteorologists, geospatial experts, modelers, and policymakers alike. Presents new approaches in the field, along with further research opportunities, based on the latest satellite data Focuses on how remote sensing systems can be designed/developed to solve outstanding problems in earth and atmospheric sciences Edited by a dynamic team of editors with a mixture of highly skilled and qualified authors offering world-leading expertise in the field

The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars

Author : Robert M. Haberle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110817938X
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars by : Robert M. Haberle

Download or read book The Atmosphere and Climate of Mars written by Robert M. Haberle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity has long been fascinated by the planet Mars. Was its climate ever conducive to life? What is the atmosphere like today and why did it change so dramatically over time? Eleven spacecraft have successfully flown to Mars since the Viking mission of the 1970s and early 1980s. These orbiters, landers and rovers have generated vast amounts of data that now span a Martian decade (roughly eighteen years). This new volume brings together the many new ideas about the atmosphere and climate system that have emerged, including the complex interplay of the volatile and dust cycles, the atmosphere-surface interactions that connect them over time, and the diversity of the planet's environment and its complex history. Including tutorials and explanations of complicated ideas, students, researchers and non-specialists alike are able to use this resource to gain a thorough and up-to-date understanding of this most Earth-like of planetary neighbours.

Airborne Measurements for Environmental Research

Author : Manfred Wendisch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527653236
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (276 download)

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Book Synopsis Airborne Measurements for Environmental Research by : Manfred Wendisch

Download or read book Airborne Measurements for Environmental Research written by Manfred Wendisch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first comprehensive review of airborne measurement principles covers all atmospheric components and surface parameters. It describes the common techniques to characterize aerosol particles and cloud/precipitation elements, while also explaining radiation quantities and pertinent hyperspectral and active remote sensing measurement techniques along the way. As a result, the major principles of operation are introduced and exemplified using specific instruments, treating both classic and emerging measurement techniques. The two editors head an international community of eminent scientists, all of them accepted and experienced specialists in their field, who help readers to understand specific problems related to airborne research, such as immanent uncertainties and limitations. They also provide guidance on the suitability of instruments to measure certain parameters and to select the correct type of device. While primarily intended for climate, geophysical and atmospheric researchers, its relevance to solar system objects makes this work equally appealing to astronomers studying atmospheres of solar system bodies with telescopes and space probes.

Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309090539
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-01-16 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weather on planet Earth is a vital and sometimes fatal force in human affairs. Efforts to control or reduce the harmful impacts of weather go back far in time. In this, the latest National Academies' assessment of weather modification, the committee was asked to assess the ability of current and proposed weather modification capabilities to provide beneficial impacts on water resource management and weather hazard mitigation. It examines new technologies, reviews advances in numerical modeling on the cloud and mesoscale, and considers how improvements in computer capabilities might be applied to weather modification. Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research examines the status of the science underlying weather modification in the United States. It calls for a coordinated national research program to answer fundamental questions about basic atmospheric processes and to address other issues that are impeding progress in weather modification.

Urban Climates

Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108179363
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Urban Climates written by T. R. Oke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Climates is the first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates. The book begins with an outline of what constitutes an urban ecosystem. It develops a comprehensive terminology for the subject using scale and surface classification as key constructs. It explains the physical principles governing the creation of distinct urban climates, such as airflow around buildings, the heat island, precipitation modification and air pollution, and it then illustrates how this knowledge can be applied to moderate the undesirable consequences of urban development and help create more sustainable and resilient cities. With urban climate science now a fully-fledged field, this timely book fulfills the need to bring together the disparate parts of climate research on cities into a coherent framework. It is an ideal resource for students and researchers in fields such as climatology, urban hydrology, air quality, environmental engineering and urban design.

Light Scattering by Ice Crystals

Author : Kuo-Nan Liou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521889162
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Light Scattering by Ice Crystals by : Kuo-Nan Liou

Download or read book Light Scattering by Ice Crystals written by Kuo-Nan Liou and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume outlines the fundamentals and applications of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice crystals.

Arctic Mixed-phase Clouds

Author : Katharina Loewe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781013281211
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Arctic Mixed-phase Clouds written by Katharina Loewe and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides new insights into macro- and microphysical properties of Arctic mixed-phase clouds: first, by comparing semi-idealized large eddy simulations with observations; second, by dissecting the influences of different surface types and boundary layer structures on Arctic mixed- phase clouds; third, by elucidating the dissipation process; and finally by analyzing the main microphysical processes inside Arctic mixed-phase clouds. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.