Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 573 pages
- Published by: Academic Press March 14, 1994
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0123568811
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0123568816
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
"The focus of this book is on the air motions associated with clouds. The complex interaction between the microphysical processes in the clouds and the dynamics is a theme throughout the text. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current understanding of this highly complex field.This book gives a comprehensive summary of the dynamics associated with clouds in the atmosphere.The book reads easily and is well structured. As such, I believe it will be an great text for a graduate course on the subject."
--AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
Book Description
The Definitive Source on Clouds is Available in Paperback as well as Case!
Reader Reviews
Divided into two sections ("Fundamentals" and "Phenomena") Houze's book examines the general structure, physics, and evolution of a wide range of cloud types/forms. It's often difficult to blend these viewpoints together, but Houze does so with a healthy mix of equations (some difficult!), popular figures from the literature, and explanations. The "Fundamentals" section (first 4 chapters) is a great reference item for anyone interested in meteorology: a pictorial cloud atlas, reviews of the equations of motion, of general microphysics (how particles in clouds form, grow, and decay), and a discussion of weather radar. "Phenomena" range from fog to cumulus clouds to hurricanes and even mid-latitude cyclones. Houze applies the "fundamentals" to all of the "phenomena" he covers...once you master the fundamentals--senior undergraduates and beginning graduate students should be able to follow the math--discussion of the cloud processes becomes easier to read.
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