Physics and Dynamics of Clouds and Precipitation (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Observation of clouds; 2. The shape and size of cloud and precipitation particles; 3. Molecular structures of water substance; 4. Bulk thermodynamic equilibrium among water vapor, liquid water, and ice; 5. Surface thermodynamics of water substance; 6. Aerosol in the atmosphere; 7. Nucleation; 8. Hydrodynamics of cloud and precipitation particles; 9. Diffusion growth and evaporation of cloud and precipitation particles; 10. Collision, coalescence, break-up and melting; 11. Cloud drop population dynamics in warm rain process; 12. Fundamental cloud dynamics; 13. Numerical cloud models; 14. Cloud electricity; 15. Clouds-environment interaction; References; Index.