Motions of Ice Hydrometeors in the Atmosphere

Numerical Studies and Implications

Pao K. Wang (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-334-430-3 (ISBN)

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This book summarizes unique research findings on the hydrodynamic behavior of ice particles (ice crystals, snow, graupel and hailstones) in the atmosphere. The fall behavior of ice hydrometeors determines how and how fast a mixed-phase cloud can grow or dissipate. The book discusses how the authors used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) methods and numerical simulations to determine these behaviors, and presents these computations along with numerous detailed tables and illustrations of turbulent flow fields. It also examines the implications of the results for the general atmospheric sciences as well as for climate science (since the cloud problem is the source of the greatest uncertainty in model-based climate predictions). As such it allows readers to gain a clear and comprehensive understanding of how particles fall in clouds and offers insights into cloud physics and dynamics and their impact on the climate..

Pao K. Wang received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from UCLA in 1978 and 1975 and his B.S. from the National Taiwan University in 1971. He is currently the Director of the Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and of the Taiwan Meteorological Society.He is also a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award (Germany) and Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Fellowship (US).

Introduction -- Ice Hydrometeors in Atmospheric Clouds.- Observed fall attitudes of ice hydrometeors.- Physics and mathematics of the theoretical problems.- Flow fields and fall attitudes of ice hydrometeors.- Ventilation effects of falling ice hydrometeors and their impacts.- Summary and outlook.

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Reihe/Serie	Atmosphere, Earth, Ocean & Space
Zusatzinfo	40 Illustrations, color; 102 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 176 p. 142 illus., 40 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
ISBN-10	981-334-430-X / 981334430X
ISBN-13	978-981-334-430-3 / 9789813344303
Zustand	Neuware