This book focuses on the dynamics of clouds and of precipitating
mesoscale meteorological systems. Clouds and precipitating
mesoscale systems represent some of the most important and
scientifically exciting weather systems in the world. These are the
systems that produce torrential rains, severe winds including
downburst and tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning, and major
snow storms. Forecasting such storms represents a major challenge
since they are too small to be adequately resolved by conventional
observing networks and numerical prediction models.
* Provides a complete treatment of clouds integrating the
analysis of air motions with cloud structure, microphysics, and
precipitation mechanics * Describes and explains the basic types of
clouds and cloud systems that occur in the atmosphere-fog, stratus,
stratocumulus, altocumulus, altostratus, cirrus, thunderstorms,
tornadoes, waterspouts, orographically induced clouds, mesoscale
convection complexes, hurricanes, fronts, and extratropical
cyclones * Summarizes the fundamentals, both observational and
theoretical, of atmospheric dynamics, thermodynamics, cloud
microphysics, and radar meteorology, allowing each type of cloud to
be examined in depth * Integrates the latest field observations,
numerical model simulations, and theory * Supplies a theoretical
treatment suitable for the advanced undergraduate or graduate
level, as well as post-graduate "
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