Cloud Dynamics 0123568811, 9780123568816, 9780080502106
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English Pages iii-xxix, 3-573 [606] Year 1993
Table of contents :
Content:
Edited by
Page iii
Copyright page
Page iv
Preface
Pages xi-xii
Introduction
Pages xiii-xiv
List of Symbols
Pages xv-xxix
Chapter 1 Identification of Clouds
Pages 3-25
Chapter 2 Atmospheric Dynamics
Pages 26-68
Chapter Three Cloud Microphysics
Pages 69-106
Chapter 4 Radar Meteorology
Pages 107-133
Chapter 5 Shallow-Layer Clouds
Pages 137-195
Chapter 6 Nimbostratus
Pages 196-220
Chapter 7 Cumulus Dynamics
Pages 221-267
Chapter 8 Thunderstorms
Pages 268-333
Chapter 9 Mesoscale Convective Systems
Pages 334-404
Chapter 10 Clouds in Hurricanes
Pages 405-437
Chapter 11 Precipitating Clouds in Extratropical Cyclones
Pages 438-500
References
Pages 539-556
Index
Pages 557-570
International Geophysics Series
Pages 571-573
Content:
Edited by
Page iii
Copyright page
Page iv
Preface
Pages xi-xii
Introduction
Pages xiii-xiv
List of Symbols
Pages xv-xxix
Chapter 1 Identification of Clouds
Pages 3-25
Chapter 2 Atmospheric Dynamics
Pages 26-68
Chapter Three Cloud Microphysics
Pages 69-106
Chapter 4 Radar Meteorology
Pages 107-133
Chapter 5 Shallow-Layer Clouds
Pages 137-195
Chapter 6 Nimbostratus
Pages 196-220
Chapter 7 Cumulus Dynamics
Pages 221-267
Chapter 8 Thunderstorms
Pages 268-333
Chapter 9 Mesoscale Convective Systems
Pages 334-404
Chapter 10 Clouds in Hurricanes
Pages 405-437
Chapter 11 Precipitating Clouds in Extratropical Cyclones
Pages 438-500
References
Pages 539-556
Index
Pages 557-570
International Geophysics Series
Pages 571-573
