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Principles of Cloud and Precipitation Formation

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Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation

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In this chapter we provide an overview of the basic physical processes responsible for the formation of clouds and precipitation. A number of important concepts are discussed, and terms defined, which will be used in later chapters. For more detail on these topics the reader is referred to textbooks by Pruppacher and Klett (1997), Rogers and Yau (1989), relevant chapters in Wallace and Hobbs (2006), Cotton and Anthes (1989), and Houze (1993) and review articles by Stewart (1985) and Cantrell and Heymsfield (2005).

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Cotton, W.R., Yuter, S. (2009). Principles of Cloud and Precipitation Formation. In: Levin, Z., Cotton, W.R. (eds) Aerosol Pollution Impact on Precipitation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8690-8_2

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