Ice microdynamics
By: Pao K. Wang
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780080508443
Subjects: Atmosfeer; IJs (natuur); Meteorology & Climatology; Dynamica; SCIENCE; Earth Sciences; Ice clouds; Wolken
Description: Atmospheric ice particles play crucial roles in cloud and storm dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, climatological processes, and other atmospheric processes. Ice Microdynamics introduces the elementary physics and dynamics of atmospheric ice particles in clouds; subsequent sections explain their formation from water vapor, why ice crystal shape and concentration in cirrus clouds influence the heating of air, and describe how ice crystals cleanse the atmosphere by scavenging aerosol particles. Pao Wang's lucid writing style will appeal to atmospheric scientists, climatologists, and meteorologists.
Notes: "This volume is a paperback reprint of Pao K. Wang's article that appears in volume 45 of Advances in Geophysics (R. Dmowska and B. Saltzman, eds.)"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-258) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; ICE MICRODYNAMICS; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; Preface; Part 1: Shape and Microdynamics of Ice Particles and Their Effects in Cirrus Clouds; Appendix A. Area of an Axial Cross Section; Appendix B. Calculation of Volume; Appendix C. Closed-Form Expression of the Conical Volume; References; Index;