Clouds, their formation, optical properties, and effects
By: edited by Peter V. Hobbs, Adarsh Deepak.
Contributors: Hobbs, Peter Victor, 1936-; Deepak, Adarsh.; Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (U.S.); United States. Army Research Office.; Symposium on Clouds: Their Formation, Optical Properties, and Effects (1980 : Williamsburg, Va.)
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 497
Subjects: Cloud physics -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Technical proceedings of the Symposium on Clouds: Their Formation, Optical Properties, and Effects, held in Williamsburg, Virginia, May 13-14, 1980"--P. xiii.
"Sponsored by the Army Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Army Research Office, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina ..."P. opp. t.p.
Table of contents: title: Scales involved in the formation and organization of clouds and precipitation / Peter V. Hobbs; title: Techniques for probing cloud microstructure / R.G. Knollenberg; title: The microstructure of atmospheric clouds and precipitation / H.R. Pruppacher; title: Fog structure / James E. Jiusto; title: Radiation characteristics of clouds in the solar spectrum / Stephen K. Cox; title: On the diurnal properties of clouds from geostationary satellite observations / Garry E. Hunt; title: Some aspects of the optical properties of ice clouds / Kuo-nan Liou; title: Laser measurements in clouds / A.I. Carswell; title: Transmission and reflectivity of ice clouds by active probing / C.M.R. Platt; title: A review of the theory of multiple scattering of lidar beams in clouds / James A. Weinman; title: Pulsed blue-green propagation through clouds and fogs / G.C. Mooradian and M. Geller.