Preface ........................................................ ix
1 Observation of clouds ........................................ 1
2 The shape and size of cloud and precipitation particles ..... 27
3 Molecular structures of water substance ..................... 68
4 Bulk thermodynamic equilibrium among water vapor, liquid
water, and ice .............................................. 86
5 Surface thermodynamics of water substance .................. 107
6 Aerosol in the atmosphere .................................. 134
7 Nucleation ................................................. 156
8 Hydrodynamics of cloud and precipitation particles ......... 182
9 Diffusion growth and evaporation of cloud and
precipitation particles .................................... 228
10 Collision, coalescence, breakup, and melting ............... 252
11 Cloud drop population dynamics in the warm rain process .... 288
12 Fundamental cloud dynamics ................................. 305
13 Numerical cloud models ..................................... 327
14 Cloud electricity .......................................... 363
15 Clouds-environment interaction ............................. 396
References .................................................... 429
Index ......................................................... 445
Color plates can be found between pages 304 and 305
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