Meteorology and climatology

Extreme Weather Forecasting reviews current knowledge about extreme weather events, including key elements and less well-known variables to accurately forecast them.

Originally published in 1965 and with a second edition in 1970.

This book discusses various issues relating to water resources, climate change and sustainable development.

In this book, an international team of environmental and social scientists explain two powerful current change-engines and how their effects, and our responses to them, will transform Earth and humankind into the 22nd-century (c.

The book provides currently available information on the changing climate and its impact on functional and adaptive features of plants.

This practical reference examines the structure and properties of the atmosphere, including listings of compounds in clouds, fog, rain, snow, and ice; a listing of compounds detected in the stratosphere; and a compendium of compounds in indoor air.

The Second Edition of this book is completely revised and updated throughout providing an overview of current challenges faced within the area of Agri-food in relation to policymaking, ecological conservation and socio-environmental justice.

Comprehensive exploration of how land use interacts with the atmosphere and carbon cycle, for advanced students, researchers and policy makers.

General circulation models (GCMs), which define the fundamental dynamics of atmospheric circulation, are nowadays used in various fields of atmospheric science such as weather forecasting, climate predictions and environmental estimations.

The Ecology and Etiology of Newly Emerging Marine Diseases is a unique contribution to an entirely new field of scientific investigation.

A large part of the world s coastlines consists of sandy beaches and dunes that may undergo dramatic changes during storms.

This book presents the energy system roadmaps necessary to limit global temperature increase to below 2(deg)C, in order to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

Approx.

This book offers a concrete contribution towards a better understanding of climate change communication.

Originally published in 1970, this book brings together the most significant and pertinent associations between man's economic and social activities, and the variations in the atmospheric environment.

'A Christmas book about kindness and cheer to make even Scrooge's heart melt' Dame Jacqueline Wilson on The Christmas CarrollsThe Christmariffic Carrolls hit NEW YORK!

An Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Techniques is unique in the meteorological field as it presents for the first time theories and software of complex dynamical and physical processes required for numerical modeling.

The 35th OHOLO Conference, which provided the basis for the present book covered a broad range of topics.

Do you feel happier on a sunny day?

This book presents an analysis of land and water resources in Siberia, initially characterizing the landscapes, their ecosystems, crucial processes, human impacts on soil and water quality, and the status quo of available research.

Now in its second edition, this book clearly, concisely and comprehensively outlines the essence of turbulence.

The past 15 years have seen marked progress in observing, understanding, and predicting weather.

As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of space science.

According to UN estimates, approximately nearly half of the world's population now lives in cities and that figure is expected to rise to almost 70% by 2050.

Textbook on the science and methods behind a global transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for science, engineering, and social science students.

The global scientific and policy community now unequivocally accepts that human activities cause global climate change.

Climate change remains a challenge that needs to be addressed at its core, particularly the rapid reduction of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.

It is now widely accepted that adaptation will be necessary if we are to manage the risks posed by climate change.

Written by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Rapporteur of Weather and Climate Extremes, this book addresses the reality of extreme weather-how it occurs, how we measure it, and what it means for our future.

This book is aimed at studying the scattering of monochromatic radiation in plane inhomogeneous media.

Global Warming: Causes, Impacts and Solutions covers all aspects of global warming including its causes, impacts, and engineering solutions.

This book presents selected mathematical problems involving the dynamics of a two-dimensional viscous and ideal incompressible fluid on a rotating sphere.

This book presents narratives, perspectives and policies on the Arctic and brings to fore the strategies of five Asian countries - China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea and Singapore who were granted the status of Permanent Observers in the Arctic Council in 2013.

Quaternary studies provide the essential context for evaluation of what is happening with the earth's climate today, and to clarify our vulnerability to hazardous natural processes.

Energy Balance Climate Models Written by renowned experts in the field, this first book to focus exclusively on energy balance climate models provides a concise overview of the topic.

Integrating science, economics and policy, this book explains the urgency of sticking to a strict carbon budget.

'Dynamic Meteorology: A Basic Course' is an introduction to the physics of the atmosphere.

This book introduces the UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) and summarizes progress in this area.

In the past decades advances have been made in the research and practice on unsaturated soil mechanics.

Presents the core mathematics, statistics, and programming skills needed for modern climate science courses, with online teaching materials.

This comprehensive introductory overview describes the emission of radiation (X-rays to radio) and the winds of host stars and how they control the past, present, and future evolution of an exoplanet.

There is a dearth of relevant books dealing with both theory and application of time series analysis techniques, particularly in the field of water resources engineering.

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of communication around rising global environmental challenges and public action to manage them now and into the future.

Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems facing the world today.

This edited volume sheds new light on the impact of rapid Land Use/Cover Changes (LU/CC) on greenhouse gases (GHG's) and aerosol emissions in South and Southeast Asia.

This book describes the work of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) since its launch 1992.

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

Climate varies on all scales of time and space, bya large variety of reasons.

The Ocean and Us provides an overview of our contemporary understanding of the ocean and all the ways our lives interact with it.

Despite being perhaps the foremost British meteorologist of the twentieth century, Reginald Sutcliffe has been understudied and underappreciated.