Meteorology category: 1039 books
The Atmospheric Environment
A Study of Comfort and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1972
In this study energy-exchange processes and climatic influences are examined in relation to thermal comfort and work efficiency as exemplified in a schoolroom situation. The investigation tests fundamental hypotheses on meterotropisms and optimal thermal environments and demonstrates how daily variations...
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States
A Scientific Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
As global climate change proliferates, so too do the health risks associated with the changing world around us. Called for in the President’s Climate Action Plan and put together by experts from eight different Federal agencies, The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health: A Scientific Assessment...
by Fred V. Brock, Scott J. Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2001
This book treats instrumentation used in meteorological surface systems, both on the synoptic scale and the mesoscale, and the instrumentation used in upper air soundings. The text includes material on first- and second-order differential equations as applied to instrument dynamic performance, and...
by Christian Bouquegneau, Vladimir Rakov
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
Lightning strikes somewhere on the surface of the earth about 100 times every second, and current observations indicate a significant increase in activity in the coming years. This illustrated survey explores the history of lightning, from ancient to modern times.
Mythology and observations of lightning...
Smart, Resilient and Transition Cities
Emerging Approaches and Tools for A Climate-Sensitive Urban Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Smart, Resilient and Transition Cities: Emerging Approaches and Tools for Climate-Sensitive Urban Development starts with a presentation of three widespread Urban Metaphors, which are gaining increasing attention from urban planners and decision-makers: Smart City, Resilient City and Transition Towns,...
Living on the Real World
How Thinking and Acting like Meteorologists Will Help Save the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
Every day meteorologists sift through a deluge of information to make predictions that help us navigate our daily lives. Instead of being overwhelmed by the data and possibilities, they focus on small bits of information while using frequent collaboration to make decisions. With climate change a reality,...
by Rod Martin, Jr
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2018
Are you afraid the planet is drying out from Global Warming? Don't be. This short book explains why the Warming Alarmist position on droughts is upside-down, backwards and inside-out. It all has to do with how land ever gets water. Without warming, all the lands of Earth would be dry as a bone.
Simple...
Wärmeschutz und Heizungstechnik
Ein Überblick
Language: German
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Beim Wärmeschutz im Hochbau werden Maßnahmen getroffen, um in beheizten Gebäuden ein für Menschen behagliches Raumklima zu schaffen. Grundlegend ist hierzu die Wärmebewegung durch Bauteile, die es zu berechnen gilt. Mindestanforderungen an den Wärmeschutz im Winter sind nach DIN geregelt. Im...
Internal Erosion in Earthdams, Dikes and Levees
Proceedings of EWG‐IE 26th Annual Meeting 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
This book gathers the peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the European Working Group on Internal Erosion in Embankment Dams, Levees and Dikes, and their Foundations (EWG-IE), held in Milano, Italy, on 10-13 September 2018. The meeting served as a fertile platform for...
by William Antonio Lozano-Rivas
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Una estación meteorológica posible se constituye en una herramienta, no sólo para la recolección de valiosos datos en lugares apartados, sino también como un excelente ejercicio académico para que niños y estudiantes conozcan algunos conceptos de clima e identifiquen patrones del tiempo atmosférico...
by Frédéric Zurcher, Élie Philippe Margollé, Ligaran
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Extrait : "Dans les sociétés primitives, l'homme, placé presque sans défense devant les phénomènes de l'atmosphère, dut s'attacher surtout à l'observation de ceux qui le menaçaient, et qui, sur une terre à peine cultivée, se produisaient sans doute plus fréquemment qu'aujourd'hui. Le danger...
Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
Linking Science and Management in Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
One major consequence of climate change is abrupt, dramatic changes in regional biodiversity. Even if the most optimistic scenarios for mitigating climate change transpire, the fate of many wild species rests on the shoulders of people engaged in conservation planning, management, and policy. Providing...
Ethohydraulik
Grundlagen, Methoden und Erkenntnisse
Language: German
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Um Fließgewässer den Nutzungsansprüchen des Menschen anzupassen, sind unzählige Baumaßnahmen erforderlich. Um die Auswirkungen wasserbaulicher Aktivitäten auf die in Fließgewässern lebenden Tiere zu untersuchen, wurde die Ethohydraulik entwickelt. Sie beruht auf der Ethologie (Erforschung...
Regen
een natuur en cultuur geschiedenis
Language: Dutch
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Regen vertelt het ‘verhaal’ van regen. Het verweeft populaire wetenschap (de ware vorm van de regendruppel, de vele gedaanten waarin water terugkeert op aarde) met het menselijk verlangen om regen te beheersen, van de oude regendansen tot de grote dammen die rivieren op aarde binnen hun oevers...