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5580.03 — Cloud Physics

Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor
A detailed examination of the behaviour of condensed water in the atmosphere. Microphysical topics include nucleation, hydrodynamics of cloud and precipitation particles, ice physics, mechanisms of precipitation formation, electrical and radiative properties. Cloud dynamics will include effects of latent heating feedback, thunderstorm structure, precipitation efficiency, mixed-phase storms and cloud models.

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