Meteorology category: 1039 books
Effects of Accumulation of Air Pollutants in Forest Ecosystems
Proceedings of a Workshop held at Göttingen, West Germany, May 16–18, 1982
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume is based on a workshop on "Effects of accumulation of air pollutants in forest ecosystems'; held in GOttingen, Federal Republic of Germany, from May 16-18, 1982. This work'shop was initiated and sponsored by the Environmental Agency of the Federal Republic of Germany (project officer:...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
THE "LITTLE ICE AGE": LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES P. D. JONES and K. R. BRIFFA Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK. This volume of Climatic Change is devoted to the study of the climate of the last 1000 years, with a major emphasis on the last few centuries....
Ground Improvement and Earth Structures
Proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2017 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
This volume contains research articles that cover a wide range of topics related to ground improvement and subsurface structures. Selected papers represent the state-of-the-art in the analysis and design of reinforced retaining walls, diaphragm walls and buried pipes. In addition, topics related to...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
From the Earth's Core to Outer Space focuses on four themes: (1) Evolving Earth’s crust, (2) Changing Baltic Sea, (3) Climate Change, and (4) Planet Earth, third stone from Sun. The focus on these four topics provides both a state of the art review of earth science topics of particular importance...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Climate change has been identified as the biggest global health threat of the twenty-first century. Hundreds of millions of people around the world currently suffer from allergic diseases such as asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever), and the prevalence of these diseases is increasing. This book...
Transport and Chemical Transformation of Pollutants in the Troposphere
An Overview of the Work of EUROTRAC
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
A major environmental concern is the increasing burden on all scales of photo-oxidants, acidifying substances and potential nutrients in the troposphere. These lead to episodes of summer smog, and appreciable damage to eco-systems both on land and at sea. Underlying the environmental effects is the...
Historical Variability of Rainfall in the African East Sahel of Sudan
Implications for Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
The northward migration of the African monsoon rains in summer, associated with the seasonal march of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) across the plains south of the Sahara, is the most critical asset for the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local economies of the Sahel. It is essential...
Air-Sea Interaction
Instruments and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
During the past decade, man's centuries-old interest in marine me teorology and oceanography has broadened. Ocean and atmosphere are now treated as coupled parts of one system; the resulting interest in air-sea interaction problems has led to a rapid growth in the sophistication of instruments and...
Coalbed Methane in India
Opportunities, Issues and Challenges for Recovery and Utilization
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
This book offers a first-of-its-kind, standalone review of coalbed methane (CBM) in India, covering all the major technical and policy aspects. As an authoritative text on CBM in India, it addresses the essential geological, engineering and policy issues. The Coalbed Methane industry is a rapidly...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
It has been known for some time that the behavior of the short-term fluctuations of the earth's atmosphere resembles that of a chaotic non-linear dynamical system, and that the day-to-day weather cannot be predicted beyond a few weeks. However, it has also been found that the interactions of the atmosphere...
Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions
Theoretical Fundamentals and Practical Evidence
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Global climate change creates new challenges in particular for cities and regions. As centres of human activity they are especially vulnerable to climate change impacts. Adapting to a changing climate requires dealing with multiple uncertainties and complexity in order to allow proactive action. Therefore,...
Current Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures
Proceedings of the 5th GeoChina International Conference 2018 – Civil Infrastructures Confronting Severe Weathers and Climate Changes: From Failure to Sustainability, held on July 23 to 25, 2018 in HangZhou, China
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
This book deals with the attempts made by the scholars and engineers to address contemporary issues in geotechnical engineering such as characterization of geomaterials, slope stability and tunneling, sustainability in geohazards and some other geotechnical issues that are becoming quite relevant...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Tropical cyclones are topic that is not appropriately known to the public at large, but climate change has been on the public’s mind since the last decade and a concern that has peaked in the new millennium. Like the television programs of Jean Yves Cousteau the ‘plight of the oceans’, have...
Mine Safety
A Modern Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Mine Safety combines detailed information on safety in mining with methods and mathematics that can be used to preserve human life.
By compiling various recent research results and data into one volume, Mine Safety eliminates the need to consult many diverse sources in order to obtain vital...