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Cloud and precipitation physics research 1983–1986
Author(s) -
Beard Kenneth V.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg025i003p00357
Subject(s) - cloud physics , precipitation , cloud computing , scope (computer science) , meteorology , weather modification , atmospheric physics , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , physics , computer science , atmosphere (unit) , programming language , operating system
Research in cloud and precipitation physics has traditionally emphasized microphysical scales of particle growth and interactions as is evident by the first modern treatises on the subject [Mason, 1957; Fletcher, 1962; Borovikov et al ., 1963; Byers, 1965]. Our understanding of cloud microphysics has steadily progressed, although, as pointed out in the most recent text, “many microphysical mechanisms are not understood in quantitative detail” [Pruppacher and Klett, 1980]. It is now evident that the solution to many of the outstanding problems in atmospheric science will require an understanding of processes within the scope of cloud and precipitation physics. These include the traditional subjects of precipitation forecasting and weather modification, and the more recent problems of acid rain, nuclear “winter” and cloud‐radiative processes important to climate change.