Arctic Observation Center Specially Appointed Professor Yutaka Kondo’s book “Cloud Physics and Aerosols: Learning from the Basics of Physics and Chemistry” has been published | 2024 Topics

Arctic Observation Center Specially Appointed Professor Yutaka Kondo’s book “Cloud Physics and Aerosols: Learning from the Basics of Physics and Chemistry” has been published.

April 25, 2024

“Cloud physics and aerosols: Learn from the basics of physics and chemistry”

Written by Yutaka Kondo (National Institute of Polar Research) and Makoto Koike (Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo)
ISBN: 978-4-13-062731-3
Release date: April 25, 2024

Author’s comment

Since clouds cover a wide area of ​​the Earth, changes in their amount and reflectance have a significant impact on the Earth’s radiation budget and climate. Aerosols in the atmosphere act as nuclei for cloud droplet formation, and aerosols themselves also affect the radiation budget by absorbing and scattering solar radiation.

This book explains aerosols and cloud/precipitation particles from the basics of physics and chemistry (dynamics, thermodynamics, chemical reactions, microphysical processes, etc.), focusing on the formation and transformation processes common to both. This is a full-fledged explanatory book that allows beginners to systematically understand the important processes of aerosols and clouds. (Yutaka Kondo/Makoto Koike)

【table of contents】
Part I Aerosol mechanics
Chapter 1 Importance and characteristics of clouds and aerosols
Chapter 2 Composition and structure of the atmosphere
Chapter 3 The first law of thermodynamics and its application to the atmosphere
Chapter 4 Diffusion of gases and aerosols
Chapter 5 Aerosol particle size distribution
Part II Physics and Chemistry of Aerosols
Chapter 6 Mineral dust, sea salt particles, and biogenic particles
Chapter 7 Aerosol Thermodynamics
Chapter 8 Particle growth due to condensation and agglomeration
Chapter 9 Particle Nucleation
Chapter 10 Aerosol Chemistry
Part III Physics of Clouds
Chapter 11 Cloud and Precipitation Formation
Chapter 12 Nucleation of water cloud particles
Chapter 13 Growth of water cloud particles and generation of precipitation particles
Chapter 14 Nucleation of ice cloud particles
Chapter 15 Ice cloud growth and precipitation
Chapter 16 Aerosol Removal