Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation

• Main Authors: Pruppacher, H.R (Author), Klett, J.D (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 18
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Meteorology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Cloud physics has achieved such a voluminous literature over the past few decades that a significant quantitative study of the entire field would prove unwieldy. This book concentrates on one major aspect: cloud microphysics, which involves the processes that lead to the formation of individual clou...