Overview
- First book to apply general systems theory to rain formation in warm clouds
- Self-organized criticality (SOC) in atmospheric convection and precipitation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Meteorology (BRIEFSMETEOR)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book aims to promote the understanding of some of the basic mathematical and scientific issues in the subjects relating to climate dynamics, chaos and quantum mechanics. It is based on substantial research work in atmospheric science carried out over twenty years.
Atmospheric flows exhibit self similar fractal fluctuations, a signature of long-range correlations on all space-time scales. Realistic simulation and prediction of atmospheric flows requires the incorporation of the physics of observed fractal fluctuation characteristics in traditional meteorological theory. A general systems theory model for fractal space-time fluctuations in turbulent atmospheric flows is presented and applied to the formation of rain in warm clouds. This model gives scale-free universal governing equations for cloud growth processes. The model predicted cloud parameters are in agreement with reported observations, in particular, the cloud drop-size distribution. Rain formation can occur in warm clouds within 30 minutes as observed in practice under favourable conditions of moisture supply in the environment. Traditional cloud physical concepts for rain development requires over an hour for a full-sized raindrop to form.
The book provides background reading for postgraduate students of Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences/Physics, Environmental Sciences, and scientists working in the field of the topic of the book as well as the multidisciplinary field of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rain Formation in Warm Clouds
Book Subtitle: General Systems Theory
Authors: A. M. Selvam
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Meteorology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13269-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: (c)The Author(s) 2015 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-13268-6Published: 17 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13269-3Published: 12 February 2015
Series ISSN: 2199-9112
Series E-ISSN: 2199-9120
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 98
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climatology, Complex Systems, Geophysics and Environmental Physics, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment