Meteorology category: 1039 books
Applicable Atmospheric Dynamics
Techniques for the Exploration of Atmospheric Dynamics
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
This book offers an overview of advanced techniques to study atmospheric dynamics by numerical experimentation. It is primarily intended for scientists and graduate students working on interdisciplinary research problems at the intersection of the atmospheric sciences, applied mathematics, statistics...
by Paolo Paron
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides an integrated look at major atmospheric disasters that have had and continue to have major implications for many of the world’s people, such as floods and droughts. . This volume takes a geoscientific approach to the topic, while also covering...
Géothermie
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Sur le plan scientifique, la géothermie s'attache à l'étude du régime thermique du globe et aux mécanismes de transfert thermique – conductifs et convectifs. Elle tente d'intégrer l'ensemble des données géologiques, géochimiques et géophysiques dans des modèles satisfaisants. Abstraction faite ...
by Eugène Le Roy, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "De la terre échauffée par les rayons du soleil vainqueur de l'hiver, montent des senteurs champêtres. Au bord des prés, le long des chemins, fleurissent les peupliers, les frênes, les ormes, et les érables, que nous appelons « azeraüs ». Sous les futaies, au bas des talus rocheux,...
Les Tempêtes
Orages - Trombes - Ouragans - Ras de marée - Cyclones - Météores - Orages magnétiques - Loi des tempêtes - Prévisions du temps - Légendes
Language: French
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Extrait : "Ce livre n'est pas seulement le résumé des nombreux travaux qui ont jeté les bases d'une science des tempêtes. Nous avons aussi tenté d'y réunir les lumières éparses dans les œuvres des maîtres à qui nous devons la certitude d'un meilleur avenir, d'un constant progrès vers le bien,...
Climate Change
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2015
This book is designed for first- and second-year university students (and their instructors) in earth science, environmental science, and physical geography degree programmes worldwide. The summaries at the end of each section constitute essential reading for policy makers and planners. It provides...
A Scientific Peak
How Boulder Became a World Center for Space and Atmospheric Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Scroll through a list of the latest incredible scientific discoveries and you might find an unexpected commonality—Boulder, Colorado. Once a Wild West city tucked where the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains, it is now home to some of the biggest names in science. Research centers, including...
Oceanography of the Ross Sea Antarctica
Antarctica
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The era of the exploration of the World Ocean is not yet over: some areas still lack an adequate number of observations. The relationships between the physical, chemical and biological processes, which sustain the life on this planet, are not yet fully understood. In short, knowledge of the oceans...
The Impact of Climatic Variations on Agriculture
Volume 2: Assessments in Semi-Arid Regions
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Three important studies were initiated in the 19708 to investigate the relation ship between climatic variations and agriculture: by the National Defense University (1980) on Crop Yields and Climate Change to the Year eooo, by the U.s. Department of Transportation (1975) on Impacts 0/ Climatic Change...
Energy Geotechnics
SEG-2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
This book collects selected full papers presented at the International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics 2018 (SEG-2018), held on 25th – 28th
September 2018, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). It covers a wide range of topics in energy geotechnics, including...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
This book brings together an overview of the recent geological history, active earth and biological processes and human settlement of New Zealand. Topics covered include the very active neotectonic and volcanic setting. Mountain geomorphic processes are examined and new ideas about landsliding are...
Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science
Advances of a Helmholtz Graduate Research School
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
This book describes the latest advances at the Helmholtz “Earth System Science Research School” where scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, the University of Bremen, and the Jacobs University are involved in research.
One of the greatest challenges is understanding ongoing...
by Sheng-Hong Chen
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
This book presents recent research into developing and applying computational tools to estimate the performance and safety of hydraulic structures from the planning and construction stage to the service period. Based on the results of a close collaboration between the author and his colleagues, friends,...
New Prospects in Geotechnical Engineering Aspects of Civil Infrastructures
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 16, 2018
This book presents new studies by a group of researchers and practitioners to address many geotechnical challenges, based on the state-of-the-art practices, innovative technologies, new research results and case histories in construction and design towards safer infrastructures. The book provides...