This textbook provides students - whether seasoned or new to the atmospheric sciences - with a quantitative yet approachable path to learning the inner workings of clouds. The book is an invaluable textbook for advanced students in atmospheric science, meteorology, environmental sciences/engineering and atmospheric chemistry. It is also a very useful reference text for researchers and professionals.

Contents
Preface
Part I Background
1 Introduction
2 The atmospheric setting
PartII Transformations
3 Equilibria
4 Change
Part III Cloud macrophysics
5 Cloud thermodynamics
6 Cloud formation and evolution
Part IV Cloud microphysics
7 Nucleation
8 Growth from the vapor
9 Growth by collection
Part V Cloud-scale and population effects
10 Evolution of supersaturation
11 Warm clouds
12 Cold clouds
13 Cloud chemistry
14 Cloud electrification
Appendix A Cloud classification
Appendix B Overview of thermodynamics
Appendix C Boltzmann distribution
References
Index

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