The physics of clouds / by B.J. Mason

Editorial: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1971

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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xvi,671,[1] p.,41plates : ill ; 25 cm. Notes; bibl p616-659. Contents; THE NUCLEATION OF WATER-VAPOUR CONDENSATION: Homogeneous condensation -- Condensation on ions -- Nucleation by insoluble particles -- Condensation on soluble particles -- Condensation on nuclei of mixed constitution -- Concluding remarks -- THE NUCLEI OF ATMOSPHERIC CONDENSATION: Collection, measurement, and identification of atmospheric nuclei -- The concentration, size, and size distribution of atmospheric condensation nuclei -- The chemical composition of atmospheric aerosols -- The production of natural aerosols -- Nuclei involved in cloud formation -- The removal of aerosols from the troposphere -- THE GROWTH OF DROPLETS IN CLOUD AND FOG: The size distribution of cloud droplets -- The liquid-water content of clouds -- Theoretical studies of cloud droplet growth -- INITIATION OF THE ICE PHASE IN CLOUDS: The supercooling of water containing foreign particles -- The homogeneous nucleation of supercooled water -- Evidence for the supercooling of water below -40 C -- Ice nuclei in the atmosphere -- Secondary processes of ice-nucleus production -- Artificial ice nuclei -- THE FORMATION OF SNOW CRYSTALS: The classification of solid precipitation -- The mass, dimensions, and fall velocities of snow crystals -- Fixation and photography of snow crystals -- The occurrence of ice crystals in natural clouds -- Studies of ice crystal growth in the laboratory -- The mechanism of habit change -- The surface structure of ice crystals -- The growth rates of ice crystals -- THE PHYSICS OF NATURAL PRECIPITATION PROCESSES: Forms of precipitation -- Physical processes responsible for release of precipitation -- Observational data on the characteristics of precipitating clouds -- The release of precipitation from layer clouds -- The release of precipitation from shower clouds -- Hail -- ARTIFICIAL MODIFICATION OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION: Historical introduction -- The experimental seeding of cumuliform clouds -- The experimental seeding of layer clouds -- Large-scale cloud-seeding operations -- Suppression oflarge hail -- RADAR STUDIES OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION: Basic radar theory -- The scattering and attenuation of radar waves by meteorological particles -- The presentation of radar information -- Radar echoes from different cloud systems -- Analysis of the radar signal -- Meteorological information from Doppler radar -- The structure of precipitating layer clouds as revealed by radar -- Detection of non-precipitating clouds with millimetric radar -- The cumulonimbus and thunderstorm as revealed by radar -- Measurement of rainfall by radar -- THE ELECTRIFICATION OF CLOUDS: The vertical electric field and current in fine weather -- The electric fields produced at the earth's surface by thunderstorms and lightning discharges -- The structure of the lightning flash -- The electrical structure of the thunderstorm -- Correlation between lightning and precipitation -- Mechanisms of charge generation and separation in thunderstorms -- The transfer of electricity between the atmosphere and earth-the maintenance of the earth's charge. Subjects; Cloud physics. Meteorology. Cloud. Ice needles, sleet, falling snow and graupel. Condensation, nuclei. Glaciology. Ice and snow. Ice crystals. 1 Kg.

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Título
The physics of clouds / by B.J. Mason
Autor
Mason, B. J. (Basil John)
Editorial
Oxford : Clarendon Press
Año de publicación
1971
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Second Edition.
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1 kilogramo

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