Climatic effects of aerosols and clouds / K.Ya. Kondratyev |
Autore | Kondratyev, Kirill YA. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; New York : Springer |
Descrizione fisica | viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm |
Disciplina | 551.51 |
Collana | Springer-Praxis series in atmospheric physics & climatology |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes
Aerosols - Environmental aspects Clouds - Dynamics |
ISBN | 9781852331108 |
Classificazione |
LC QC981.8.C5
52.9.34 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000916049707536 |
Kondratyev, Kirill YA. | ||
London ; New York : Springer | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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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 |
Houze Robert A., Jr. | ||
Oxford, England : , : Academic Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Houze Robert A., Jr. | ||
Oxford, England : , : Academic Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / / edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeintzenbergJ (Jost)
CharlsonRobert J |
Collana | Strüngmann Forum reports |
Soggetto topico |
Cloud physics
Clouds - Dynamics Climatic changes |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENVIRONMENT/General |
ISBN |
0-262-29369-2
0-262-25544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Trends in Observed Cloudiness and Earth's Radiation Budget; 3 Climatologies of Cloud-related Aerosols; 4 Cloud Properties from In-situ and Remote-sensing Measurements; 5 Clouds and Precipitation; 6 Temporal and Spatial Variability of Clouds and Related Aerosols; 7 Laboratory Cloud Simulation; 8 Cloud-controlling Factors; 9 Deep Convective Clouds; 10 Large-scale Controls on Cloudiness; 11 Cloud-controlling Factors of Cirrus; 12 Cloud-controlling Factors; 13 Cloud Particle Precursors
14 Cloud-Aerosol Interactions from the Micro to the Cloud Scale15 Weather and Climate Engineering; 16 Air Pollution and Precipitation; 17 What Do We Know about Large-scale Changes of Aerosols, Clouds, and the Radiation Budget?; 18 The Extent and Nature of Anthropogenic Perturbations of Clouds; 19 Global Indirect Radiative Forcing Caused by Aerosols; 20 Simulating Global Clouds; 21 Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale; 22 Observational Strategies at Meso- and Large Scales to Reduce Critical Uncertainties in Future Cloud Changes 23 Aerosols and Clouds in Chemical Transport Models and Climate Models24 Current Understanding and Quantification of Clouds in the Changing Climate System and Strategies for Reducing Critical Uncertainties; Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782858603321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Clouds in the perturbed climate system : their relationship to energy balance, atmospheric dynamics, and precipitation / / edited by Jost Heintzenberg and Robert J. Charlson |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (615 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeintzenbergJ (Jost)
CharlsonRobert J |
Collana | Strungmann Forum reports |
Soggetto topico |
Cloud physics
Clouds - Dynamics Climatic changes |
ISBN |
0-262-29369-2
0-262-25544-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Trends in Observed Cloudiness and Earth's Radiation Budget; 3 Climatologies of Cloud-related Aerosols; 4 Cloud Properties from In-situ and Remote-sensing Measurements; 5 Clouds and Precipitation; 6 Temporal and Spatial Variability of Clouds and Related Aerosols; 7 Laboratory Cloud Simulation; 8 Cloud-controlling Factors; 9 Deep Convective Clouds; 10 Large-scale Controls on Cloudiness; 11 Cloud-controlling Factors of Cirrus; 12 Cloud-controlling Factors; 13 Cloud Particle Precursors
14 Cloud-Aerosol Interactions from the Micro to the Cloud Scale15 Weather and Climate Engineering; 16 Air Pollution and Precipitation; 17 What Do We Know about Large-scale Changes of Aerosols, Clouds, and the Radiation Budget?; 18 The Extent and Nature of Anthropogenic Perturbations of Clouds; 19 Global Indirect Radiative Forcing Caused by Aerosols; 20 Simulating Global Clouds; 21 Observational Strategies from the Micro- to Mesoscale; 22 Observational Strategies at Meso- and Large Scales to Reduce Critical Uncertainties in Future Cloud Changes 23 Aerosols and Clouds in Chemical Transport Models and Climate Models24 Current Understanding and Quantification of Clouds in the Changing Climate System and Strategies for Reducing Critical Uncertainties; Abbreviations; Name Index; Subject Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819556003321 |
Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physics and chemistry of clouds / / Dennis Lamb, Johannes Verlinde [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Lamb Dennis <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 584 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Clouds - Dynamics
Atmoispheric physics |
ISBN |
1-107-08664-7
1-107-21966-3 1-62870-283-4 1-283-38394-2 1-139-18933-6 9786613383945 1-139-18803-8 1-139-19063-6 1-139-18341-9 1-139-18572-1 0-511-97637-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction; 2. The atmospheric setting; 3. Equilibria; 4. Change; 5. Cloud thermodynamics; 6. Cloud formation and evolution; 7. Nucleation; 8. Growth from the vapor; 9. Growth by collection; 10. Evolution of supersaturation; 11. Warm clouds; 12. Cold clouds; 13. Cloud chemistry; 14. Electrification; Appendix A. Cloud classification; Appendix B. Basics of thermodynamics; Appendix C. Boltzmann distribution; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Physics & Chemistry of Clouds |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457495603321 |
Lamb Dennis <1941-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physics and chemistry of clouds / / Dennis Lamb, Johannes Verlinde [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Lamb Dennis <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 584 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Clouds - Dynamics
Atmospheric physics |
ISBN |
1-107-08664-7
1-107-21966-3 1-62870-283-4 1-283-38394-2 1-139-18933-6 9786613383945 1-139-18803-8 1-139-19063-6 1-139-18341-9 1-139-18572-1 0-511-97637-2 |
Classificazione | SCI042000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction; 2. The atmospheric setting; 3. Equilibria; 4. Change; 5. Cloud thermodynamics; 6. Cloud formation and evolution; 7. Nucleation; 8. Growth from the vapor; 9. Growth by collection; 10. Evolution of supersaturation; 11. Warm clouds; 12. Cold clouds; 13. Cloud chemistry; 14. Electrification; Appendix A. Cloud classification; Appendix B. Basics of thermodynamics; Appendix C. Boltzmann distribution; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Physics & Chemistry of Clouds |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781969403321 |
Lamb Dennis <1941-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Physics and chemistry of clouds / / Dennis Lamb, Johannes Verlinde [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Lamb Dennis <1941-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 584 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 551.57/6 |
Soggetto topico |
Clouds - Dynamics
Atmospheric physics |
ISBN |
1-107-08664-7
1-107-21966-3 1-62870-283-4 1-283-38394-2 1-139-18933-6 9786613383945 1-139-18803-8 1-139-19063-6 1-139-18341-9 1-139-18572-1 0-511-97637-2 |
Classificazione | SCI042000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction; 2. The atmospheric setting; 3. Equilibria; 4. Change; 5. Cloud thermodynamics; 6. Cloud formation and evolution; 7. Nucleation; 8. Growth from the vapor; 9. Growth by collection; 10. Evolution of supersaturation; 11. Warm clouds; 12. Cold clouds; 13. Cloud chemistry; 14. Electrification; Appendix A. Cloud classification; Appendix B. Basics of thermodynamics; Appendix C. Boltzmann distribution; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Physics & Chemistry of Clouds |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813350903321 |
Lamb Dennis <1941-> | ||
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The use of satellite-observed cloud patterns in northern hemisphere 500-mb numerical analysis / / Roland E. Nagle and Christopher M. Hayden |
Autore | Nagle Roland E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite Service, , 1971 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (54 pages in various pagings) : illustrations |
Collana | NOAA technical report NESS |
Soggetto topico |
Clouds - Dynamics
Meteorology - Mathematical models Meteorological satellites Numerical analysis |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713986603321 |
Nagle Roland E. | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite Service, , 1971 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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