A Short Course in Cloud Physics, Third Edition (International Series in Natural Philosophy)
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (633 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0750632151 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Good introductory book on cloud physics A Customer There are very few stand-alone cloud physics text books on the market. More often than not only a chapter is devoted to clouds in a general atmospheric sciences text book, which grossly neglects the complexity of the subject. Fortunately this one does provide a terrific introduction for students/researchers in atmospheric sciences/physics/engineering who want to learn more about clouds. Basic concepts are presented in a consice but often mathy way. Sometimes the empirical equations can throw the readers off a bit. Unfortunately these catches are almost inevitable in cloud physics.A gr. Good Textbook This book provides a nice introduction to the physics involved with clouds. It is fairly heavy on the math in some chapters and more descriptive in others. It also provides mathematical and descriptive definitions for many common meteorology terms. The problems at the end of the chapters are challenging. The example problems in the text are too few and too simple to allow the concepts to be easily applied in the problems at the end of the chapters, however, all of the neccesary information is present. Overall the book is very helpful.. Walter Reade said Best introductory text on cloud physics. As an engineer trying to come up to speed on cloud physics, this book was absolutely essential. It covers essentials such as the 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 storms and hail, weather modification, and numerical weather models.This is the best introdu
'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
Problems are included as examples and to supplement the text.. 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. 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
Dept Meteorology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada