Historical Review.- Microstructure of Atmospheric Clouds and Precipitation.- The Structure of Water Substance.- Equilibrium Between Water Vapor, Water, Aqueous Solutions, and Ice in Bulk.- Surface Properties of Water Substance.- Equilibrium Behavior of Cloud Drops and Ice Particles.- Homogeneous Nucleation.- The Atmospheric Aerosol and Trace Gases.- Heterogeneous Nucleation.- Hydrodynamics of Single Cloud and Precipitation Particles.- Mechanics of the Atmospheric Aerosol.- Cooling of Moist Air.- Diffusion Growth and Evaporation of Water Drops and Snow Crystals.- Cloud Particle Interactions.- Growth of Cloud Drops by Collision, Coalescence and Breakup.- Growth of Ice Particles by Accretion and Ice Particle Melting.- Cloud Chemistry.- Cloud Electricity.
Quotes from reviews of the first edition:
`There is little doubt that this impressive book will be of central
importance to cloud physicists and scientists working in related
fields.'
Nature
`This book no doubt will become a landmark in the realm of cloud
physics, not only as an advanced textbook but also as a valuable
reference. Its pages contain about as complete an exposition of
current knowledge of the subject as one would hope to find
anywhere.'
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
`The authors are to be congratulated for their stupendous
achievement in creating this book.'
Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
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