Meteorology and climatology

This book provides a detailed review of terminations of ice ages, including a very attractive theory based on dust deposits on ice sheets.

This volume contains review articles and original results obtained in various fields of modern science using mathematical simulation methods.

'Brimming with knowledge and experience .

The book communicates coastal geology such that the reader gets a better understanding of how scientists work and how scientific knowledge is acquired and how it progresses.

The VDI Commission on Air Pollution Prevention - in cooperation with the German Meteorological Society - presents in this book the proceedings of the first International Symposium on "e;Environmental Meteorology"e;, held in Wurzburg (West Germany) from 29 September to 1 October 1987.

In regard to global change, emphasis is generally placed on the increase in global temperature, but large changes in the distribution of precipitation are also likely to occur.

The Asian Monsoon describes the causes, evolution and far-reaching effects of this dramatic climatic phenomenon.

Murphy explores whether technological development inadvertently constructed new vulnerabilities, thereby manufacturing a natural disaster.

This book presents a collection of chapters covering research on the Litani River Basin.

This book contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface.

Looks at the question: do forests cool or warm the atmosphere and reduce global warming?

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Dust storms, produced by the removal of surface materials from the world's drylands, are a vital component of the environment.

Comment notre consommation massive de pétrole et de charbon a-t-elle produit un effet de serre ?

Key biogeochemical events in the ocean take place in less than a second, are studied in experiments lasting a few hours, and determine cycles that last over seasons or even years.

The Advanced Study Institute Ice Physics in the Natural and Endangered Environ- ment was held at Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy, from September 7 to 19, 1997.

The study of turbulence in the atmosphere has seen considerable progress in the last decade.

Nils-Axel Marner &Wibjarn Karlen Organizers of the Stockholm Symposium in 1983 Stockholm University, Sweden This book is the Proceedings of the SECOND NORDIC SYMPOSIUM ON CLIMATIC CHANGES AND RELATED PROBLEMS held in Stockholm, Sweden, May 16-20, 1983 (Frydendahl et al.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of research and projects regarding climate change adaptation in coastal areas, providing government and nongovernment bodies with a sound basis to promote climate change adaptation efforts.

This volume discusses the need to adopt Climate-Resilient Agriculture (CRA) practices to address the increasing global impact that climate change has on agricultural productivity and agriculture-dependent communities.

This volume examines the impact of and responses to historic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in the Azores.

This book describes a recent effort combining interdisciplinary expertise within the Collaborative Research Centre "e;Energy transfers in atmosphere and ocean"e; (TRR-181), which was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Atmospheric Impacts of the Oil and Gas Industry provides the most up-to-date scientific and technological methods available to quantify oil and gas industry emissions and atmospheric impacts in a manner that is relevant to the development of, compliance with, and enforcement of effective policy and regulations.

Tree Rings and Climate deals with the principles of dendrochronology, with emphasis on tree-ring studies involving climate-related problems.

Atoll Island States exist on top of what is perceived to be one of the planet's most vulnerable ecosystems: atolls.

Climate change is one of the most serious global challenges facing humankind.

This book provides detailed information on the Northwestern Himalayas in India.

Why, despite two decades of climate policy, have affluent democracies made so little progress in cutting greenhouse gas emissions?

The book presents a wide description of hydrographic conditions in the studied area of the Norwegian and Greenland Seas.

Jets and plumes are shear flows produced by momentum and buoyancy forces.

The ocean plays a central role in determining the climate of the earth.

This book presents the fundamental principles, mathematical methods and applications of atmospheric chemistry models for graduate students and researchers.

This book brings together a series of theory and practice essays on risk management and adaptation in urban contexts within a resilient and multidimensional perspective.

Conceptual Boundary Layer Meteorology: The Air Near Here explains essential boundary layer concepts in a way that is accessible to a wide number of people studying and working in the environmental sciences.

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 book addresses space science and communication - one of the main pillars of space science sustainability, an area that has recently become of great importance.

This book describes the development of a system dynamics-based model that can capture the future trajectories of housing energy and carbon emissions.

This book provides an updated and expanded overview of basic concepts of energy economics and explains how simple economic tools can be used to analyse contemporary energy issues in the light of recent developments, such as the Paris Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and new technological developments in the production and use of energy.

This book provides a unique, comprehensive and interdisciplinary analysis of climate justice and disaster law.

Remote sensing of the environment is covered through spectroscopic analysis of soil and vegetation response during active and passive sensing.

This book focuses on up-to-date progress on the current status of technology and progress in climate action and hydrogen energy in India.

Mit ihrem geozentrischen Weltbild, bei dem sich die Sonne und das Universum um die Erde drehen, stellten die Mächtigen und Einflussreichen des mittelalterlichen Europas den Mensch, bzw.

W here do you start to write about colors in the universe?

El objetivo principal de este texto es presentar, de una forma rigurosa y cuantitativa, los fundamentos necesarios para el diseño de los equipos de control de la contaminación atmosférica.

The book is a practical manual which has been created to support the syllabus of agro-meteorology courses specifically designed for graduate and post-graduate students.

The poles undergo climate changes exceeding those in the rest of the world in terms of their speed and extent, and have a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth.

The book discusses the basic of atmospheric dynamics where the curved surface of the earth and its rotation around its own axis plays very important roles.

The debate on how mankind should respond to climate change is diverse, as the appropriate strategy depends on global as well as local circumstances.

This book is concerned with the study of climate change from the perspective of risks for the economy and business.