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Cloud dynamics / / Robert A. Houze, Jr
| Cloud dynamics / / Robert A. Houze, Jr |
| Autore | Houze Robert A., Jr. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Academic Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
| Collana | International Geophysics Series |
| Soggetto topico | Clouds - Dynamics |
| ISBN | 0-08-092146-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Cloud Dynamics; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of Symbols; Part I: Fundamentals; Chapter 1: Types of Clouds in Earth ́s Atmosphere; 1.1. Atmospheric Structure and Scales; 1.2. Cloud Types Identified Visually; 1.2.1. Genera, Species, and Étages; 1.2.2. Low Clouds; 1.2.3. Middle Clouds; 1.2.4. High Clouds; 1.2.5. Orographic Clouds; 1.2.6. Noctilucent Clouds; 1.3. Precipitating Cloud Systems; 1.3.1. Mesoscale Convective Systems; 1.3.2. Tropical Cyclones; 1.3.3. Extratropical Cyclones; 1.4. Satellite Cloud Climatology; Chapter 2: Atmospheric Dynamics
2.1. The Basic Equations22.1.1. Equation of Motion; 2.1.2. Equation of State; 2.1.3. Thermodynamic Equation; 2.1.4. Mass Continuity; 2.1.5. Water Continuity; 2.1.6. The Full Set of Equations; 2.2. Balanced Flow; 2.2.1. Quasigeostrophic Motion; 2.2.2. Semigeostrophic Motions; 2.2.3. Gradient-Wind Balance; 2.2.4. Hydrostatic Balance; 2.2.5. Thermal Wind; 2.2.6. Cyclostrophic Balance; 2.3. Anelastic and Boussinesq approximations; 2.4. Vorticity; 2.5. Potential Vorticity; 2.6. Perturbation Forms of the Equations 2.6.1. Average and Perturbation Forms of the Equation of State and Continuity Equation2.6.2. Flux Forms and Linearization of the Thermodynamic and Water-Continuity Equations; 2.6.3. Flux Form and Linearization of the Equation of Motion; 2.6.4. Eddy Kinetic Energy Equation; 2.7. Oscillations and Waves; 2.7.1. Buoyancy Oscillations; 2.7.2. Gravity Waves; 2.7.3. Inertial Oscillations; 2.7.4. Inertio-Gravity Waves; 2.8. Adjustment to Geostrophic and Gradient Balance; 2.9. Instabilities; 2.9.1. Buoyant, Inertial, and Symmetric Instabilities; 2.9.2. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability 2.9.3. Rayleigh-Bénard Instability2.10. Representation of Eddy Fluxes; 2.10.1. K-Theory; 2.10.2. Higher Order Closure; 2.10.3. Large Eddy Simulation; 2.11. The Planetary Boundary Layer; 2.11.1. The Ekman Layer; 2.11.2. Boundary-Layer Stability; 2.11.3. The Surface Layer; Chapter 3: Cloud Microphysics; 3.1. Microphysics of Warm Clouds; 3.1.1. Nucleation of Drops; 3.1.2. Condensation and Evaporation; 3.1.3. Fallspeeds of Drops; 3.1.4. Continuous Collection; 3.1.5. Stochastic Collection; 3.1.6. Spontaneous and Collisional Breakup of Drops and Modification of the Stochastic Collection Formulation 3.2. Microphysics of Cold Clouds3.2.1. Homogeneous Nucleation of Ice Particles; 3.2.2. Heterogeneous Nucleation and Other Processes Forming Small Ice Particles in Clouds; 3.2.3. Vapor Deposition and Sublimation; 3.2.4. Aggregation and Riming; 3.2.5. Hail; 3.2.6. Ice Enhancement; 3.2.7. Fallspeeds of Ice Particles; 3.2.8. Melting; 3.3. Types of Microphysical Processes and Categories of Water Substance in Clouds; 3.4. Water-Continuity Equations; 3.5. Bin Water-Continuity Models; 3.5.1. General; 3.5.2. Bin Modeling of Warm Clouds; 3.5.3. Bin Modeling of Cold Clouds 3.6. Bulk Water-Continuity Models |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791166703321 |
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| Oxford, England : , : Academic Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cloud dynamics / / Robert A. Houze, Jr
| Cloud dynamics / / Robert A. Houze, Jr |
| Autore | Houze Robert A., Jr. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Academic Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
| Collana | International Geophysics Series |
| Soggetto topico | Clouds - Dynamics |
| ISBN | 0-08-092146-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Cloud Dynamics; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of Symbols; Part I: Fundamentals; Chapter 1: Types of Clouds in Earth ́s Atmosphere; 1.1. Atmospheric Structure and Scales; 1.2. Cloud Types Identified Visually; 1.2.1. Genera, Species, and Étages; 1.2.2. Low Clouds; 1.2.3. Middle Clouds; 1.2.4. High Clouds; 1.2.5. Orographic Clouds; 1.2.6. Noctilucent Clouds; 1.3. Precipitating Cloud Systems; 1.3.1. Mesoscale Convective Systems; 1.3.2. Tropical Cyclones; 1.3.3. Extratropical Cyclones; 1.4. Satellite Cloud Climatology; Chapter 2: Atmospheric Dynamics
2.1. The Basic Equations22.1.1. Equation of Motion; 2.1.2. Equation of State; 2.1.3. Thermodynamic Equation; 2.1.4. Mass Continuity; 2.1.5. Water Continuity; 2.1.6. The Full Set of Equations; 2.2. Balanced Flow; 2.2.1. Quasigeostrophic Motion; 2.2.2. Semigeostrophic Motions; 2.2.3. Gradient-Wind Balance; 2.2.4. Hydrostatic Balance; 2.2.5. Thermal Wind; 2.2.6. Cyclostrophic Balance; 2.3. Anelastic and Boussinesq approximations; 2.4. Vorticity; 2.5. Potential Vorticity; 2.6. Perturbation Forms of the Equations 2.6.1. Average and Perturbation Forms of the Equation of State and Continuity Equation2.6.2. Flux Forms and Linearization of the Thermodynamic and Water-Continuity Equations; 2.6.3. Flux Form and Linearization of the Equation of Motion; 2.6.4. Eddy Kinetic Energy Equation; 2.7. Oscillations and Waves; 2.7.1. Buoyancy Oscillations; 2.7.2. Gravity Waves; 2.7.3. Inertial Oscillations; 2.7.4. Inertio-Gravity Waves; 2.8. Adjustment to Geostrophic and Gradient Balance; 2.9. Instabilities; 2.9.1. Buoyant, Inertial, and Symmetric Instabilities; 2.9.2. Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability 2.9.3. Rayleigh-Bénard Instability2.10. Representation of Eddy Fluxes; 2.10.1. K-Theory; 2.10.2. Higher Order Closure; 2.10.3. Large Eddy Simulation; 2.11. The Planetary Boundary Layer; 2.11.1. The Ekman Layer; 2.11.2. Boundary-Layer Stability; 2.11.3. The Surface Layer; Chapter 3: Cloud Microphysics; 3.1. Microphysics of Warm Clouds; 3.1.1. Nucleation of Drops; 3.1.2. Condensation and Evaporation; 3.1.3. Fallspeeds of Drops; 3.1.4. Continuous Collection; 3.1.5. Stochastic Collection; 3.1.6. Spontaneous and Collisional Breakup of Drops and Modification of the Stochastic Collection Formulation 3.2. Microphysics of Cold Clouds3.2.1. Homogeneous Nucleation of Ice Particles; 3.2.2. Heterogeneous Nucleation and Other Processes Forming Small Ice Particles in Clouds; 3.2.3. Vapor Deposition and Sublimation; 3.2.4. Aggregation and Riming; 3.2.5. Hail; 3.2.6. Ice Enhancement; 3.2.7. Fallspeeds of Ice Particles; 3.2.8. Melting; 3.3. Types of Microphysical Processes and Categories of Water Substance in Clouds; 3.4. Water-Continuity Equations; 3.5. Bin Water-Continuity Models; 3.5.1. General; 3.5.2. Bin Modeling of Warm Clouds; 3.5.3. Bin Modeling of Cold Clouds 3.6. Bulk Water-Continuity Models |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820996003321 |
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Houze Robert A., Jr.
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| Oxford, England : , : Academic Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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