Ulrike Lohmann: An Introduction to Clouds

Cover: 9781009485678 | An Introduction to Clouds | From the Microscale to Climate | Buch

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Clouds, in their various forms, are a vital part of our lives. The second edition of this comprehensive textbook includes new tables, color figures, and updates taking into account recent research. It discusses cloud types and their effects on climate, including the Earth's energy budget and the hydrological cycle. These depend on processes on the cloud microphysical scale, encompassing the formation of cloud droplets, ice crystals and precipitation, as well as on the stability and dynamics of the large-scale environment and availability of aerosol particles. Chapters cover fundamentals of atmospheric thermodynamics, radiation, midlatitude and tropical storms, and climate intervention. Supplementary problem sets and multiple-choice questions for each chapter are available online. Combining mathematical formulations with qualitative explanations of the underlying concepts, this book requires relatively little previous knowledge, making it ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in atmospheric science and related disciplines. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Über den Autor

Ulrike Lohmann is Professor in the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on the role of clouds and aerosol particles in atmospheric and climate science, with an emphasis on clouds containing ice. Ulrike has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters and was a lead author of the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She has received many awards, including the Canada Research Chair in 2002, the Henry G. Houghton Award from the American Meteorological Society in 2007, and the Bjerknes Medal from the European Geophysical Union in 2025. She is Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. She was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Stockholm in 2018. Ulrike has been teaching classes on atmospheric physics, cloud microphysics and cloud dynamics for more than 25 years, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; List of Symbols; 1. Clouds; 2. Atmospheric radiation, energy budget, and optical phenomena; 3. Thermodynamics; 4. Atmospheric dynamics and stability; 5. Mixing and convection; 6. Atmospheric aerosol particles; 7. Cloud droplet formation and Kohler theory; 8. Microphysical processes in warm clouds; 9. Microphysical processes in cold clouds; 10. Precipitation; 11. Convective storms and cloud dynamics; 12. Aerosols and clouds in the climate system; 13. Appendix; Index; Acronyms; References.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2026
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geowissenschaften , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781009485678
ISBN-10:	1009485679
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lohmann, Ulrike Mahrt, Fabian
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 203 x 31 mm
Von/Mit:	Ulrike Lohmann (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.09.2026
Gewicht:	1,19 kg