Meteorology category: 1039 books
Hydrologic Modeling
Select Proceedings of ICWEES-2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This book contains seven parts. The first part deals with some aspects of rainfall analysis, including rainfall probability distribution, local rainfall interception, and analysis for reservoir release. Part 2 is on evapotranspiration and discusses development of neural network models, errors, and...
by Anne Rooney
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Hurricane! describes how and where hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons happen.
Reconstructing Earth's Climate History
Inquiry-based Exercises for Lab and Class
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The context for understanding global climate change today lies in the records of Earth’s past. This is demonstrated by decades of paleoclimate research by scientists in organizations such as the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), the Antarctic Geological Drilling Program (ANDRILL), and many...
by Bernard Quéguiner
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
In the biogeochemical dynamics of marine ecosystems, silicon is a major element whose role has, for a long time, been underestimated. It is however indispensable to the activity of several biomineralizing marine organisms, some of which play an essential role in the biological pump of oceanic carbon.
This...
by Lu Chen, Shenglian Guo
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
This book presents an overview of copula theory and its application in hydrology, and provides valuable insights, useful methods and practical applications for multivariate hydrological analysis using copulas. In addition, it extends the traditional bivariate model to trivariate or multivariate models....
Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, Volume 7
Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution*, Volume 7 of the* Proceedings of the 2017 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the seventh volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
This book contains the keynote presentations, invited speeches, and general session papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Asia Urban GeoEngineering, which will be held from 24 November to 27 November 2017 in Changsha, China. The contents will cover the topics of (i) Fundamental behavior...
Hydrometeorological Hazards
Interfacing Science and Policy
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Recent hydrometeorological extreme events have highlighted the increased exposure and vulnerability of societies and the need to strengthen the knowledge-base of related policies. Current research is focused on improving forecasting, prediction and early warning capabilities in order to improve the...
The China Continental Scientific Drilling Project
CCSD-1 Well Drilling Engineering and Construction
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
This book comprehensively introduces the drilling theory and practice behind CCSD-1 well drilling, the first stage of a key national scientific engineering project of China. In addition to access to variety of data and information accumulated decade during the project’s decade-long operation, readers...
Atmospheric Radiation
A Primer with Illustrative Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
This textbook is a first-look at radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres with a particular focus on the Earth's atmosphere and climate. It covers the basics of the radiative transfer of sunlight, treating absorption and scattering, and the transfer of the thermal infrared. The examples included...
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Their Global Atmospheric Emissions, Transport, and Lung Cancer Risk
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
This thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of the global health impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air, conducted on the basis of a high-resolution emission inventory, global chemical transport modeling, and probabilistic risk assessment. One of the main strengths of...
The Climate Connection
Climate Change and Modern Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
Highlights the influence of saltatory evolution and rapid climate change on human evolution, migration and behavioural change. Growing concern over the potential impacts of climate change on our future is clearly evident. In order to better understand our present circumstances and deal effectively...
by Reese Aptor
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
If you are wondering why fog is perfect for ghost stories and how to turn fog into beer, this book is for you. There is something about fog that makes it eerie. How about walking in the English moors on a cool night with wisps of fog rolling in? Wouldn’t you shiver? It is creepy. Fog feels cold...
by Andy May
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
This book is dedicated to science. Scientists are skeptical, we ask: “Is that idea correct? How can I test it?” Then we resolve to gather and analyze data until we show it isn’t or it might be. If we cannot disprove the idea, it survives. No true scientist “believes in science” because...