Physical processes in clouds and cloud modeling / Alexander P. Khain, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mark Pinsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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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.

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.