Meteorology category: 1039 books
by Romuald Szymkiewicz
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Open channel hydraulics has always been a very interesting domain of scienti c and engineering activity because of the great importance of water for human l- ing. The free surface ow, which takes place in the oceans, seas and rivers, can be still regarded as one of the most complex physical processes...
Sea Ice Analysis and Forecasting
Towards an Increased Reliance on Automated Prediction Systems
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This book provides an advanced introduction to the science behind automated prediction systems, focusing on sea ice analysis and forecasting. Starting from basic principles, fundamental concepts in sea ice physics, remote sensing, numerical methods, and statistics are explained at an accessible level....
Air Quality Management
Canadian Perspectives on a Global Issue
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
This book provides a wide overview of the issues related to managing of air quality in Canada. Learn about the air issues that have caused impacts to ecosystems or human health and hence been targeted to be managed. Discover how Canada’s national governance involving a federal government along...
Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis
Geological, Historical and Instrumental Records
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Nils-Axel Marner &Wibjarn Karlen Organizers of the Stockholm Symposium in 1983 Stockholm University, Sweden This book is the Proceedings of the SECOND NORDIC SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATIC CHANGES AND RELATED PROBLEMS held in Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-20, 1983 (Frydendahl et al., 1983; Marner, 1983). This...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Reconstruction of the climate variability of the past 500 years is a topic of great scientific interest not only in global terms, but also at regional and local levels. This period is interesting on account of the increasing influence of anthropogenic forcing and its overlap with natural factors....
The Rising Tide
Global Warming And World Sea Levels
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
The Rising Tide is the first analysis of global warming and world sea level rise. It outlines state, national, and international actions to respond to the effects of global warming on coastal communities and ecosystems.
The Impact of Global Warming on Texas
Second edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
When The Impact of Global Warming on Texas was first published in 1995, it discussed climate change as a likely future phenomenon, predicted by scientific studies. This entirely rewritten second edition presents evidence that early climate change impacts can now be observed and identifies the threats...
Clouds
Nature and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Clouds have been objects of delight and fascination throughout human history, their fleeting magnificence and endless variety having inspired scientists and daydreamers alike. Described by Aristophanes as “the patron goddesses of idle men,” clouds and the ever-changing patterns they create have...
Facing the Challenges in Structural Engineering
Proceedings of the 1st GeoMEast International Congress and Exhibition, Egypt 2017 on Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
This edited volume brings together findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of structural engineering, applied to buildings, bridges and infrastructures in general. It focuses on the application of advanced experimental and numerical techniques and new technologies to the built...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
This book is a compilation of papers contributed by researchers and scientists from SAARC nations and deals with high-impact weather conditions, their prediction and potential consequences for populations in the SAARC region. There have been a number of recent advances in our understanding and prediction...
Climate Change
What Everyone Needs to Know®
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - New York Magazine "The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." - The Daily Beast "A must-read." - The Guardian The essential primer on what will be the defining issue of...
The End of Desertification?
Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
The question in the title of this book draws attention to the shortcomings of a concept that has become a political tool of global importance even as the scientific basis for its use grows weaker. The concept of desertification, it can be argued, has ceased to be analytically useful and distorts our...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Present policy issues concern the reduction of ozone levels by controlling its precursors, NOx and volatile organic compounds (VOC). VOC are emitted from anthropogenic and biogenic sources. Whereas our understanding of VOC emissions from anthropogenic sources has advanced significantly in recent years,...
by Julio V. Iribarne, H.-R. Cho
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The extraordinary growth and development of atmospheric sciences during the last dec ades, and the concern for certain applied problems, such as those related to the environ ment, have prompted the introduction of college and university courses in this field. There is consequently a need for good...