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A Short Course in Cloud Physics

  • 3rd Edition - January 1, 1989
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: M.K. Yau, R R Rogers
  • Language: English

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… Read more

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Description

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.

Readership

For graduate students and upperlevel undergraduates in cloud physics and physical meteorology

Table of contents

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

Review quotes

"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

Product details

  • Edition: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 15, 1996
  • Language: English

About the authors

MY

M.K. Yau

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Atmospheric & Ocean Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

RR

R R Rogers

Affiliations and expertise
Dept Meteorology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada