This book provides the most comprehensive treatment to date of  the microphysical processes which lead to cloud and precipitation  formation. Emphasis is placed on presenting a quantitative description  of the various mechanisms (e.g. nucleation, diffusional growth and  evaporation, collisional growth and breakup) which lead to the  formation of cloud and precipitation particles, individually and in  populations.   The second edition of this highly acclaimed book has been extensively  updated to incorporate new research reported in a large number of  articles and dozens of books and conference proceedings published  since the first edition. Some highlights include: a new chapter on  cloud chemistry; improved statistical mechanics models for homogeneous  and heterogeneous ice nucleation; better data on aerosol size  distribution and on fundamental properties of water; new data and  models for asymmetric flow past particles of various shapes and for  drop oscillation and breakup; extended treatment of drop coalescence  and particle collision cross-sections, including some new effects of  turbulence; more complete simulations of stochastic growth; expanded  treatment of growth modes of graupel, rime and hailstones; new field  data and modelling concerning effects of electric fields and charges  on cloud microphysics.   Audience:The book is directed primarily at undergraduate and  graduate level students of cloud physics, as well as at specialists in  the field of aerosol physics, cloud dynamics, climate modelling, air  chemistry, air pollution, and weather modification.

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