Earth Sciences category: 10037 books
by Alina Bărbulescu
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2016
Time series analysis and modelling represent a large study field, implying the approach from the perspective of the time and frequency, with applications in different domains. Modelling hydro-meteorological time series is difficult due to the characteristics of these series, as long range dependence,...
Solar-Terrestrial Influences on Weather and Climate
Proceedings of a Symposium/Workshop held at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 24–28 August, 1978
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book contains most of the invited papers and contributions pre sented at the Symposium/Workshop on Solar-Terrestrial Influences on Weather and Climate which was held at The Ohio State University on 24-28 July 1978. The authors and publisher have made a special effort for rapid publi cation....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Following a decision by the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (AOSB) in July 1996 the then chainnan, Geoffrey Holland, wrote a letter of invitation to a meeting to plan a "Symposium on the Freshwater Balance of the Arctic". The meeting was held in Ottawa on November 12-13 1996 and was attended...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Understanding and protecting our environment is a key component of environmental development, yet access to a wide range of high-quality information is currently based on very limited data due to lack of the exchange of data between source and recipient.
This three part book that first discusses...
Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis
Volume 1 - The Physical Climate
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
An introduction to the principles of climate change science with an emphasis on the empirical evidence for climate change and a warming world. Additional readings are given at the end of each chapter. A list of "Things to Know" opens each chapter. Chapters are arranged so that the student...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This work analyzes the effects of one of the most dramatic changes of entire societies that the world has ever witnessed. It explores the collapse of socialist governance and management systems on land cover and land use in various parts of Eastern Europe. As readers will discover, this involved rapid...
Remote Sensing for Environmental Data in Albania
A Strategy for Integrated Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A comprehensive source book for anybody interested in the potential of remote sensing and GIS technology for the Eastern Europe countries in transition, and less developed countries in general. Leading experts from Europe, Canada and the USA cover a wide variety of applications, from the provision...
by Andrew Holden
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Based upon a social science approach to understanding the significance of tourism in contemporary society, Andrew Holden’s fascinating book highlights tourism as a multidisciplinary area of study with rich and varied theoretical underpinnings.
Here, Holden introduces social science disciplines...
Catastrophes
Views from Natural and Human Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Scientific disciplines have their own view on catastrophes. Here, natural scientists, engineers, physicians as well as historians and social scientists define and discuss geo-hazards and associated technical disasters, natural disasters as a business case, medicine and its catastrophes. After war...
Apatite
Its Crystal Chemistry, Mineralogy, Utilization, and Geologic and Biologic Occurrences
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The preparation of a volume on this topic was undertaken with some hesitancy on my part because the ramifications of the mineralogy of apatite involve both bio logical and physical sciences in very elaborate ways. This hesitancy may have arisen in part from the realization that considerable skill...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006
The application of thermal analysis is outlined by 18 contributions, writtenby experts in the various fields of geosciences. Emphasis was laid on the determination of minerals and technical products, kinetic parameters and calorific values in glass and ceramics technology, characterization of raw...
Paradigms and Theories Influencing Policies in the South African and International Water Sectors
PULSE³, A Framework for Policy Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2016
This book presents a new way of looking at and analyzing policies, programs and/or plans in which research scientists have used their knowledge to develop mechanisms such as South Africa's National Water Resource Strategy, Second Edition; Australian and South African climate change adaptation...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014
3D GeoInfo aims to bring together international state-of-the-art research and facilitate the dialogue on emerging topics in the field of 3D geo-information. The conference offers an interdisciplinary forum in the fields of 3D data collection and modeling; reconstruction and methods for 3D representation;...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
During the last decade developments in 3D Geoinformation have made substantial progress. We are about to have a more complete spatial model and understanding of our planet in different scales. Hence, various communities and cities offer 3D landscape and city models as valuable source and instrument...