Storm and cloud dynamics:the dynamics of clouds and precipitating mesoscale systems
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Group Author: | ; |
Published: |
Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | Burlington, MA |
Publication Dates: | c2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Series: |
International geophysics series ; v. 99 |
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Carrier Form: | xvi, 809 p. : ill.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780120885428 0120885425 |
Index Number: | P426 |
CLC: |
P426.51 P445 |
Call Number: | P426.51/C851/2nd ed. |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Clouds -- Fundamental concepts and parameterizations -- Fundamental equations governing cloud processes -- Turbulence -- The parameterization or modeling of microphysical processes in clouds -- Radiative transfer in a cloudy atmosphere and its parameterization -- The dynamics of clouds -- Fogs and stratocumulus clouds -- Cumulus clouds -- Cumulonimbus clouds and severe convective storms -- Mesoscale convective systems -- The mesoscale structure of extratropical cyclones and middle and high clouds -- The influence of mountains on airflow, clouds, and precipitation -- Clouds, storms and global climate. |