Meteorology category: 1039 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique collection of government documents provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of current and planned American weather satellites, with material from NOAA, NASA, and independent reviews of the troubled replacement...
by Charles H. M. Beck, Louis Neal Irwin
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2016
The Evolutionary Imperative provides a unifying perspective on the evolution of the universe in all its physical and biological detail, with a call to action for redirecting the evolutionary trajectory of human society in a way that will preserve the planet and improve the human condition. The book's...
Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya
Glacial Environments, Processes, Hazards and Resources
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
The Karakoram contains the greatest concentration of glaciers and most of the largest ice masses outside high latitudes. They comprise major stores and sources of fresh water in an otherwise extreme, continental, dry region. As many as 200 million people living downstream, in the valleys of the Indus...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2011
Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change. Ethical and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Drought is one of the major natural hazards, resulting in significant economic, social, and environmental costs. In Europe, water shortage is an important problem in many regions. However, despite the increasing awareness of this hazard, there is no European drought policy and institutional frameworks...
Education and Climate Change
Living and Learning in Interesting Times
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already set in motion. What part does education have to play in helping alleviate rampant climate change and in mitigating its worst effects? In this...
Construction Dispute Research
Conceptualisation, Avoidance and Resolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
There are three specific purposes of Construction Dispute Research. First, this volume aims to summarise studies on construction dispute. Second, apart from the theoretical constructs, where appropriate empirical tests are also included. This approach serves to go beyond the commonly used anecdotal...
Modern Earthquake Engineering
Offshore and Land-based Structures
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This book addresses applications of earthquake engineering for both offshore and land-based structures. It is self-contained as a reference work and covers a wide range of topics, including topics related to engineering seismology, geotechnical earthquake engineering, structural engineering, as well...
by Fernando Pinheiro Andutta, Björn Kjerfve, Luiz Bruner de Miranda
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
This book provides an introduction to the complex system functions, variability and human interference in ecosystem between the continent and the ocean. It focuses on circulation, transport and mixing of estuarine and coastal water masses, which is ultimately related to an understanding of the hydrographic...
Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
With Modeling Techniques and Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
This book gives an overview of various aspects of climate change by integrating global climate models, downscaling approaches, and hydrological models. It also covers themes that help in understanding climate change in a holistic manner. The book includes worked-out examples, revision questions,...
Wine and Climate Change
Winemaking in a New World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Climate change is changing the way winemakers make wine. Once temperate grape-growing regions are growing hotter, challenging winemakers to produce high quality wines in unfamiliar ways. Many of the negative effects of climate change on the wine world are already apparent: European vineyards in the...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
The quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change on water availability and water resources management requires knowledge of climate, hydro(geo)logical and water resources models, and particularly the relationships between each of them. This book brings together world experts on each of...
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Integrated Modeling of Global Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Only a few laboratories in the world have taken the bold step to attempt the integration of sub-models of the climate system, the global biogeochemical cycles and the human/societal components.
This volume reports such a major undertaking and it is an important step towards an integrated approach...
The European Nitrogen Assessment
Sources, Effects and Policy Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Presenting the first continental-scale assessment of reactive nitrogen in the environment, this book sets the related environmental problems in context by providing a multidisciplinary introduction to the nitrogen cycle processes. Issues of upscaling from farm plot and city to national and continental...