Meteorology category: 1039 books
Evaporation and Evapotranspiration
Measurements and Estimations
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
The book is a thorough presentation of theoretical and applied aspects of the evaporation and evapotranspiration process supported by data from experimental studies. It is written in a way that the theoretical background of evaporation and evapotranspiration estimation is presented in a simplified...
Speleothem Science
From Process to Past Environments
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and climates during the Pleistocene ice ages and the subsequent Holocene rise of civilizations. The book applies system science to Quaternary environments in a new and rigorous...
Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System (CAWSES)
Highlights from a Priority Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
CAWSES (Climate and Weather of the Sun-Earth System) is the most important scientific program of SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics). CAWSES has triggered a scientific priority program within the German Research Foundation for a period of 6 years. Approximately 30 scientific...
Solar History
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Beyond the four centuries of sunspot observation and the five decades during which artificial satellites have monitored the Sun – that is to say for 99.99999% of the Sun’s existence – our knowledge of solar history depends largely on analogy with kindred main sequence stars, on the outcome of...
Global Climate
Current Research and Uncertainties in the Climate System
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
Uncertainty for Everyone The one thing that is certain about the world is that the world is uncertain. I have here, the question that apart of the matter, living matter, has to resolve in each and every one of its moments of existance. The environment of a living being is apart of the living being...
New Horizons in Occultation Research
Studies in Atmosphere and Climate
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
This book presents edited and peer-reviewed papers from the 3rd International Workshop on Occultations for Probing Atmosphere and Climate (OPAC-3), held in Austria. It provides a key reference on the current status in the field and looks toward new horizons.
Meteor Showers
An Annotated Catalog
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Meteor showers are among the most spectacular celestial events that may be observed by the naked eye, and have been the object of fascination throughout human history. In “Meteor Showers: An Annotated Catalog,” the interested observer can access detailed research on over 100 annual and periodic...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Geospatial Technologies and Climate Change describes various approaches from different countries on how to use geospatial technologies to help solving climate change issues. It also details how different geospatial technologies (remote sensing, Geographical Information System…) can be used to help...
Diachronic Climatic Impacts on Water Resources
with Emphasis on the Mediterranean Region
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Since the beginning of man's existence on Earth, the adequacy of available water has been as important as any other factor for man's survival and prosperity.
The volume comprises comprehensive reviews on: Paleoenvironments of arid land, climate-water-man interactions, water resources in the Minoan...
The Atlas of Climate Change: Based on SEAP-CMIP5
Super-Ensemble Projection and Attribution (SEAP) of Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
"The Atlas of Climate Change—Based on SEAP-CMIP5" is intended to satisfy readers’ curiosity: how will our climate system change over the next 100 years? It is the first showcase for the state-of -the-art earth system models that released their CMIP5 simulations for the IPCC AR5.The atlas...
by J.M. Galvin
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
This book teaches readers ground engineering principles and related mining and risk management practices associated with underground coal mining. It establishes the basic elements of risk management and the fundamental principles of ground behaviour and then applies these to the essential building...
Instrument Development for Atmospheric Research and Monitoring
Lidar Profiling, DOAS and Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Jens Bosenberg Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie, Bundesstr. 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany TESLAS, which stands for Tropospheric Environmental Studies by Laser Sounding, was formed in November 1987 as a subproject of EUROTRAC to enhance the measurement capabilities for vertical profiling of ozone...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 1999
In order to reflect the increasing importance and interest of the microsatellites in high technology and scientific applications in space, the Colloquium on Microsatellites as Research Tools was organized to promote its usage and technology development and to foster the international cooperation,...
by Su-Yin Tan
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
“Meteorological Satellite Systems” is a primer on weather satellites and their Earth applications. This book reviews historic developments and recent technological advancements in GEO and polar orbiting meteorological satellites. It explores the evolution of these remote sensing technologies...