TY - BOOK AU - Khain,A.P. AU - Pinsky,Mark TI - Physical processes in clouds and cloud modeling SN - 9781139049481 (ebook) AV - QC921.5 .K43 2018 U1 - 551.57/6 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Cloud physics KW - Mathematical models N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Aug 2018); Clouds: definitions and significance -- Cloud particles and their representation in cloud models -- Basic equations -- Numerical methods used in cloud models -- Warm microphysical processes -- Microphysical processes in ice and mixed-phase clouds -- Modeling: a powerful tool for cloud investigation N2 - This book presents the most comprehensive and systematic description currently available of both classical and novel theories of cloud processes, providing a much-needed link between cloud theory, observation, experimental results, and cloud modeling. This volume shows why and how modern models serve as a major tool of investigation of cloud processes responsible for atmospheric phenomena, including climate change. It systematically describes classical as well as recent advancements in cloud physics, including cloud-aerosol interaction; collisions of particles in turbulent clouds; and the formation of multiphase cloud particles. As the first of its kind to serve as a practical guide for using state-of-the-art numerical cloud models, major emphasis is placed on explaining how microphysical processes are treated in modern numerical cloud resolving models. The book will be a valuable resource for advanced students, researchers and numerical model designers in cloud physics, atmospheric science, meteorology, and environmental science. UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139049481 ER -