Meteorology category: 1039 books
Palaeoclimatic Research and Models
Report and Proceedings of the Workshop held in Brussels, December 15–17, 1982
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Palaeoclimatology is presently experiencing a period of rapid growth of techniques and concepts. Studies of earth's past climates ryrovide excellent opportunities to examine the interactions between the atmosrhere, oceans, cryosphere and the land surfaces. Thus, there is a growing recognition of the...
Controlling Differential Settlement of Highway Soft Soil Subgrade
A New Method and Its Engineering Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2018
Drawing on years of practical on-site experience, this book presents a new method for controlling "bridge-head bumping" in soft soil ground. Based on deformation compatibility and control theory of structure, it proposes strategies for improving the design method of soft soil ground and...
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Language: German
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Language: German
Release Date: October 29, 2012
Die Temperaturen auf der Erde steigen. Alle Bemühungen, den weltweiten Ausstoß von Treibhausgasen zu reduzieren, sind bislang gescheitert. Wissenschaftler erkunden nun, ob sich der Wärmekollaps des Planeten mit technischen Eingriffen ins Klima abwenden ließe. Eine größenwahnsinnige Idee? Oder unverzichtbare...
by GEO Magazin
Language: German
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Und jetzt: das Wetter Jeden Freitag wetteifern Deutschlands Meteorologen um die genaueste Vorhersage fürs Wochenende. Beim "Wetterturnier" geht es um Stolz, Supercomputer und die quälende Frage: Warum sind Vorhersagen noch immer so launisch? Die großen Themen der Zeit sind manchmal kompliziert. Aber...
by Zhihua Zhang, John C. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
Mathematical and Physical Fundamentals of Climate Change is the first book to provide an overview of the math and physics necessary for scientists to understand and apply atmospheric and oceanic models to climate research. The book begins with basic mathematics then leads on to specific applications...
by Rajmund Przybylak
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
th Towards the end of the 19 century some researchers put forward the hypothesis that the Polar regions may play the key role in the shaping of the global climate. This supposition found its full confirmation in empirical and th model research conducted in the 20 century, particularly in recent decades....
Energy and Global Climate Change
Bridging the Sustainable Development Divide
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2015
Energy and Global Climate Change: Bridging the Sustainable Development Divide focuses attention on two urgent global development challenges faced by the UN and its member states: access to sustainable energy for all, and global climate change. This book presents compelling evidence about an often...
by Ke Wang
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
This thesis presents an in-depth, high-resolution observational study on the very beginning of the formation process: the fragmentation of dense molecular clouds known as infrared dark clouds (IRDCs). Using the Submillimeter Array (SMA) and Very Large Array (VLA) radio interferometers, the author...
by Ann Henderson-Sellers, P.J. Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Now in its second edition,Climatology continues to provide an up-to-date stimulating and comprehensive guide to the nature of the earth's climate. It presents a synthesis of contemporary scientific ideas about atmospheric circulation.
Topics covered include:
-Energy systems-The hydrological...
Drought Early Warning System
Identification of onset end magnitude (SPI And SPei) and Composite Index
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
This book encompasses the characterisation of meteorological drought by the newly invented index called “SPI Standardised Precipitation index” approved by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in June 2011. It is a simple index with precipitation as the only parameter and can be computed for different...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
This unique transdisciplinary publication is the result of collaboration between UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) programme, the United Nations University's Traditional Knowledge Initiative, the IPCC, and other organisations. Chapters, written by indigenous peoples, scientists...
by Robert A. Houze, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
As models of the Earth/atmosphere system and observations become ever more sophisticated, and concerns about climate change and societal impacts of extreme weather and its forecasting grow, understanding the role of clouds in the atmosphere is increasingly vital. Cloud Dynamics, Second Edition provides...
Masters of Uncertainty
Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Though we commonly make them the butt of our jokes, weather forecasters are in fact exceptionally good at managing uncertainty. They consistently do a better job calibrating their performance than stockbrokers, physicians, or other decision-making experts precisely because they receive feedback on...
Past Climates
Tree Thermometers, Commodities, and People
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Leona Marshall Libby was a pioneer in modern climatic research, a field that gained great impetus in the late twentieth century because of the promise it holds for predicting future climatic trends. Libby’s work led to remarkable new procedures for investigating long-term changes in precipitation and...