Meteorology category: 1039 books
The Mount Pinatubo Eruption
Effects on the Atmosphere and Climate
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "The Effects of the Mt. Pinatubo Erup tion on the Atmosphere and Climate" was held in Rome, September 26-30, 1994. In addition to NATO, the workshop was supported by Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The Organizing Committee was fortunate to enlist...
Cloud and Precipitation Microphysics
Principles and Parameterizations
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009
This book focuses specifically on bin and bulk parameterizations for the prediction of cloud and precipitation at various scales - the cloud scale, mesoscale, synoptic scale, and the global climate scale. It provides a background to the fundamental principles of parameterization physics, including...
The EPICA-DML Deep Ice Core
A Visual Record
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
The line-scan images collected in this book represent the most accurate optical record of Antarctic ice cores ever presented, providing an invaluable resource for glaciologists and climate modellers, as well as a fascinating compilation of ice core images for Antarctica enthusiasts.
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Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth
Weather, Climate Change, and Finding Deep Powder in Utah's Wasatch Mountains and around the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Utah has long claimed to have the greatest snow on Earth—the state itself has even trademarked the phrase. In Secrets of the Greatest Snow on Earth, Jim Steenburgh investigates Wasatch weather, exposing the myths, explaining the reality, and revealing how and why Utah’s powder lives up to its...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
This book is the third volume of the proceedings of the 4th GeoShanghai International Conference that was held on May 27 - 30, 2018. This volume, entitled “Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering” , covers the recent advances and technologies in rock mechanics and rock engineering. These papers are...
by Congbin Fu, Huiting Mao
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2017
The continued aridity trend occurring in many regions worldwide is a manifestation of the response of the earth system to global change. It hinders severely the sustainable development of these regions. Northern China is one of the largest and most affected regions in the world. This book documents...
by Christian-D. Schönwiese, J. Rapp
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Climate varies on all scales of time and space, bya large variety of reasons. However, before any discussion of reasons can be performed it is necessary to realize the very facts of climate variability by means of observations or reconstructions, respectively. In this book we focus on observed long-term...
New Solutions for Challenges in Applications of New Materials and Geotechnical Issues
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 11, 2018
This book include research studies which deal with the attempts to address new solutions for challenges in geotechnical engineering such as characterization of new materials, application of glass fibre, geotextile fabric and permeable concrete, new numerical methods for traditional problems and some...
by J.J. Daemen, K. Fuenkajorn
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Sealing of boreholes and underground excavations has not received much engineering attention until fairly recently. The growing awareness of and sensitivity to environmental concerns of the technical community as well as of the public at large has resulted in an increasing recognition of the fact...
Holistic Simulation of Geotechnical Installation Processes
Numerical and Physical Modelling
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
The book provides suitable methods for the simulations of boundary value problems of geotechnical installation processes with reliable prediction for the deformation behavior of structures in static or dynamic interaction with the soil.
It summarizes the basic research of a research group from...
by Malcolm Walker
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Malcolm Walker tells the story of the UK's national meteorological service from its formation in 1854 with a staff of four to its present position as a scientific and technological institution of national and international importance with a staff of nearly two thousand. The Met Office has long been...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This book contains texts by the Nobel laureate Paul J. Crutzen who is best known for his research on ozone depletion. It comprises Crutzen’s autobiography, several pictures documenting important stages of his life, and his most important scientific publications. The Dutch atmospheric chemist is...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
General circulation models state that the central United States (and other mid-latitude continental regions) will become warmer and drier as the result of greenhouse warming. On this premise the dustbowl period of the 1930s was selected as an analogue of climate change and its weather records imposed...
Americans and Their Weather
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2014
This revealing book synthesizes research from many fields to offer the first complete history of the roles played by weather and climate in American life from colonial times to the present. Author William B. Meyer characterizes weather events as neutral phenomena that are inherently neither hazards...