CirrusDavid K. Lynch, Kenneth Sassen, David O'C. Starr, Graeme Stephens Oxford University Press, 24.1.2002 - 504 sivua Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has shown that cirrus is widespread--more common than previously believed--and has a significant impact on climate and global change. As the next generation weather satellites are being designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well. Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. All aspects of cirrus clouds are covered, an approach that reaches into diverse fields. Topics include: the definition of cirrus, cirrus climatologies, nucleation, evolution and dissipation, mixed-phase thermodynamics, crystallinity, orientation mechanisms, dynamics, scattering, radiative transfer, in situ sampling, processes that produce or influence cirrus (and vice versa), contrails, and the influence of cirrus on climate. |
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Cirrus Clouds A Modem Perspective | 11 |
Ice Crystals in Cirrus | 41 |
Midlatitude and Tropical Cirrus Microphysical Properties | 78 |
Laboratory Studies of Cirrus Cloud Processes | 102 |
Cirrus and Weather A Satellite Perspective | 136 |
Satelllte Remote Sensing of Cirrus | 147 |
GroundBased Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds | 168 |
Radiative Transfer in Cirrus Clouds Light Scattering and Spectral Information | 265 |
On Cirrus Modellng for General Circulation and Climate Models | 297 |
GCM Simulations of Cirrus for Climate Studies | 310 |
Ice Clouds in Numerical Weather Prediction Models Progress Problems and Prospects | 327 |
Dynamical Processes in Cirrus Clouds A Review of Observational Results | 346 |
Dynamical Processes in Cirrus Clouds Concepts and Models | 375 |
Microphysical Processes in Cirrus and Their Impact on Radiation A Mesoscale Modeling Perspective | 397 |
Cirrus Climate and Global Change | 433 |
MolecularBackscatter Lidar Profillng of the VolumeScattering Coefficient in Cirrus | 197 |
Structural and Optical Properties of Cirrus from LIRADtype Observations | 211 |
Contrail Cirrus | 231 |
Subvisual Cirrus | 256 |
Cirrus The Future | 449 |
Chapter 2 Plates Cirrus Case Studies | 457 |
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Cirrus David K. Lynch,Kenneth Sassen,David O'C. Starr,Graeme Stephens Rajoitettu esikatselu - 2002 |
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