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Clouds and Climate: Climate Science's Greatest Challenge
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Cambridge University Press, 8/20/2020EAN 9781107061071, ISBN10: 1107061075Hardcover, 418 pages, 25.1 x 19.3 x 2.3 cmLanguage: EnglishCloud research is a rapidly developing branch o
f climate science that's vital to climate modelling. With new observational and simulation technologies our knowledge of clouds and their role in the warming climate is accelerating. This book provides a comprehensive overview of research on clouds and their role in our present and future climate, covering theoretical, observational, and modelling perspectives. Part I discusses clouds from three different perspectives: as particles, light and fluid. Part II describes our capability to model clouds, ranging from theoretical conceptual models to applied parameterised representations. Part III describes the interaction of clouds with the large-scale circulation in the tropics, mid-latitudes, and polar regions. Part IV describes how clouds are perturbed by aerosols, the land-surface, and global warming. Each chapter contains end-of-chapter exercises and further reading sections, making this an ideal resource for advanced students and researchers in climatology, atmospheric science, meteorology, and climate change.Preface1. Cloudy perspectives Louise Nuijens and Christian JakobPart I. Cloud Fundamentals2. Clouds as fluids Bjorn Stevens and A. Pier Siebesma3. Clouds as particles Hanna Pawlowska and Ben Shipway4. Clouds as light Robert Pincus and Hélène ChepferPart II. Clouds and Modelling5. Conceptualising clouds Stephan de Roode and Roel Neggers6. Parameterising clouds A. Pier Siebesma and Axel Seifert7. Evaluating clouds Christian Jakob and Jean-Louis DufresnePart III. Clouds and Circulation8. Tropical and subtropical cloud systems Gilles Bellon and Sandrine Bony9. Midlatitude cloud systems George Tselioudis and Kevin Grise10. Arctic cloud systems Gunilla Svensson and Thorsten MauritsenPart IV. Cloud Perturbations11. Clouds and aerosols Johannes Quaas and Ulrike Lohmann12. Clouds and land Cathy Hohenegger and Christoph Schär13. Clouds and warming Sandrine Bony and Bjorn StevensReferencesIndex.
