Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed
predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has
shown that cirrus is widespread and more common than previously
believed, and has a significant impact on climate and global
change. As the next generation weather satellites are being
designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global
energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the
first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state
of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well.
Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at
Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and
co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union and the American
Meteorological Society. All aspects of cirrus clouds are covered,
an approach that reaches into diverse fields. Topics include: the
definition of cirrus, cirrus climatologies, nucleation, evolution
and dissipation, mixed-phase thermodynamics, crystallinity,
orientation mechanisms, dynamics, scattering, radiative transfer,
in situ sampling, processes that produce or influence cirrus (and
vice versa), contrails, and the influence of cirrus on
climate.
Review quote:
Cirrus will, for many years to come, form a cornerstone of
knowledge for new researchers entering the field of cirrus. (The
Holocene)
... this is a much-needed text for this field. Cirrus not only
bridges the very large gap between elementary texts and forefront
research papers but is also a summary of the current basic state of
knowlege in this area. In any field of research that is
significantly evolving, it is essential to redefine the state of
knowledge from time to time, and Cirrus has done this. (The
Holocene)
Ausstattung/Bilder: 498 pages - numerous halftones, tables and figures
Seitenzahl: 500
Englisch
Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
Gewicht: 871g
ISBN-13: 9780195130720
ISBN-10: 0195130723
Best.Nr.: 21927169
"An outgrowth of a 1998 conference held in Baltimore, Maryland, this title brings together the latest research on cirrus clouds, which until recently had received little attention. Contemporary studies have shown that these clouds can have an effect on climate change, and the book explores this subject, focusing on the interrelationships of cirrus clouds with the global radiation budget and remote sensing systems. Many other cirrus topics are addressed as well, including their history and definition, structural and optical properties, evolution and dissipation, radiative transfer, and anthropogenic effects."--Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society "This text presents in an edited book form the invited papers from an October 1998 meeting, held in Baltimore and sponsored by the Optical Society of America (OSA). This was the first ever international scientific meeting devoted to cirrus clouds. The twenty-one chapters provide a technical survey of cirrus clouds, and is inte
Inhaltsangabe
1. Cirrus: History and Definition 2. Cirrus: A Modern Perspective 3. Ice Crystals in Cirrus 4. Mid-latitude and Tropical Cirrus: Microphysical Properties 5. Laboratory Studies of Cirrus Cloud Processes 6. Cirrus and Weather: A Satellite Perspective 7. Satellite Remote Sensing of Cirrus 8. Ground-based Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds 9. Molecular-Backscatter Lidar Profiling of the Volume-Scattering Coefficient in Cirrus 10. Structural and Optical Properties of Cirrus from LIRAD-type Observations 11. Contrial Cirrus 12. Subvisual Cirrus 13. Radiative Transfer in Cirrus Clouds: Light Scatting and Spectral Information 14. On Cirrus Modeling for General Circulation and Climate Models 15. GCM Simulations of Cirrus for Climate Studies 16. Ice Clouds in Numerical Weather Prediction Models: Progress, Problems and Prospects 17. Dynamic Processes in Cirrus Clouds: A Review of Observational Results 18. Dynamic Processes in Cirrus Clouds: Concepts and Models 19. Microphysical Processes in Cirrus and Their Impact on Radiation: A Mesoscale Modeling Perspective 20. Cirrus, Climate and Global Change 21. Cirrus: The Future
