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Book SynopsisHistorical Review.- Microstructure of Atmospheric Clouds and Precipitation.- The Structure of Water Substance.- Equilibrium Between Water Vapor, Water, Aqueous Solutions, and Ice in Bulk.- Surface Properties of Water Substance.- Equilibrium Behavior of Cloud Drops and Ice Particles.- Homogeneous Nucleation.- The Atmospheric Aerosol and Trace Gases.- Heterogeneous Nucleation.- Hydrodynamics of Single Cloud and Precipitation Particles.- Mechanics of the Atmospheric Aerosol.- Cooling of Moist Air.- Diffusion Growth and Evaporation of Water Drops and Snow Crystals.- Cloud Particle Interactions.- Growth of Cloud Drops by Collision, Coalescence and Breakup.- Growth of Ice Particles by Accretion and Ice Particle Melting.- Cloud Chemistry.- Cloud Electricity.
Trade ReviewQuotes from reviews of the first edition: `There is little doubt that this impressive book will be of central importance to cloud physicists and scientists working in related fields.
' Nature `This book no doubt will become a landmark in the realm of cloud physics, not only as an advanced textbook but also as a valuable reference. Its pages contain about as complete an exposition of current knowledge of the subject as one would hope to find anywhere.
' Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society `The authors are to be congratulated for their stupendous achievement in creating this book.
' Advances in Colloid and Interface ScienceTable of ContentsPreface to the First Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. 1. Historical Review. 2. Microstructure of Atmospheric Clouds and Precipitation. 3. The Structure of Water Substance. 4. Equilibrium Between Water Vapor, Water, Aqueous Solutions, and Ice in Bulk. 5. Surface Properties of Water Substance. 6. Equilibrium Behavior of Cloud Drops and Ice Particles. 7. Homogeneous Nucleation. 8. The Atmospheric Aerosol and Trace Gases. 9. Heterogeneous Nucleation. 10. Hydrodynamics of Single Cloud and Precipitation Particles. 11. Mechanics of the Atmospheric Aerosol. 12. Cooling of Moist Air. 13. Diffusion Growth and Evaporation of Water Drops and Ice Crystals. 14. Cloud Particle Interactions-Collision, Coalescence, and Breakup. 15. Growth of Cloud Drops by Collision, Coalescence, and Breakup. 16. Microphysics of Ice Particle-Drop Interaction. 17. Cloud Chemistry. 18. Cloud Electricity. List of Principal Symbols. Index.
