| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 480 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
First Authors; 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. Contrail Cirrus; 12. Subvisual Cirrus |
| Summary |
First Authors. 1. Cirrus: History and Definition, David K. Lynch. 2. Cirrus Clouds: A Modern Perspective, Kenneth Sassen. 3. Ice Crystals in Cirrus, John Hallett, William P. Arnott, Matthew P. Bailey, and Joan T. Hallett. 4. Mid-latitude and Tropical Cirrus: Microphysical Properties, Andrew J. Heymsfield and Greg M. McFarquhar. 5. Laboratory Studies of Cirrus Cloud Processes, Paul DeMott. 6. Cirrus and Weather: A Satellite Perspective, Donald P. Wylie. 7. Satellite Remote Sensing of Cirrus, Patrick Minnis. 8. Ground-based Remote Sensing of Cirrus Clouds, Kenneth Sassen and Gerald Mace. 9. Mole |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cirrus clouds.
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Clouds.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Cirrus clouds
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Clouds
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lynch, David K., 1946- editor
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| LC no. |
00021315 |
| ISBN |
9780195351392 |
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0195351398 |
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1280833157 |
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9781280833151 |
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9786610833153 |
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661083315X |
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