商品簡介
The title page identifies this volume as the "Second revised and enlarged edition with an introduction to cloud chemistry and cloud electricity" (the first edition was published in 1989). It is directed primarily to upper division and graduate level students who are interested in cloud physics or aerosol physics; no specialized knowledge in meteorology or other geophysical sciences is presumed. Providing a comprehensive treatment of the microphysical processes which lead to cloud and precipitation formation, it emphasizes qualitative descriptions of the various mechanisms (such as nucleation, diffusional growth and evaporation). A sampling of topics: statistical mechanics models for ice nucleation, aerosol size distribution, drop coalescence and particle collision cross-sections, and effects of electrical fields and charges on cloud microphysics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
