Meteorology and climatology

This book discusses climate change from an academic point of view centered on and from Latin America.

This book provides a cross-disciplinary overview of permafrost and the carbon cycle by providing an introduction into the geographical distribution of permafrost, with a focus on the distribution of permafrost and its soil carbon reservoirs.

Expanded and updated with new findings and new features New chapter on Global Climate providing a self-contained treatment of climate forcing, feedbacks, and climate sensitivity New chapter on Atmospheric Organic Aerosols and new treatment of the statistical method of Positive Matrix Factorization Updated treatments of physical meteorology, atmospheric nucleation, aerosol-cloud relationships, chemistry of biogenic hydrocarbons Each topic developed from the fundamental science to the point of application to real-world problems New problems at an introductory level to aid in classroom teaching

This book is the first to present a regional analysis of climate change and human health, focusing on geographically and socio-economically distinct countries of South and Southeast Asia.

This unique book brings together high-quality research contributions on ecological aspects of urbanization, water quality concerns in an urban environment, and climate change issues with a strong Indian focus under one umbrella.

The book provides an in depth analyses of the experience and lessons in Chinese energy and emissions reductions policies in a climate change constrained scenario.

Geospatial technology is a combination of state-of-the-art remote sensing and technology for geographic information systems (GIS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) for the mapping and monitoring of landscapes and environment.

Climate Forcing of Geological Hazards provides a valuable new insight into how climate change is able to influence, modulate and trigger geological and geomorphological phenomena, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and landslides; ultimately increasing the risk of natural hazards in a warmer world.

This book presents the recent research on the separation, purification and downstream utilization of CO2 and other flue gases.

This work focuses on the potential impact of climate change on soil erosion in a monsoon-dominated sub-tropical region.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet in sehr kompakter Form den Stoffumfang für den Stahlbetonbau und Spannbetonbau.

This book is oriented on cities and their role in society, from the public places created in cities to the visionary and more abstract views on large scale developments.

This book introduces systematically the concept of weakly-bound complexes into the broad field of atmospheric sciences.

Highly acclaimed textbook on the science, economics, and policy of modern climate change, for both science students and non-science majors.

The basic idea of the Course is to give a wide outline of the methodologies, the instruments and the models used for Solar and Wind Applications.

Climate change is a major challenge facing the modern world.

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This book offers a methodical explanation of our biomass-driven ecosystem, the undeniable uncertainties posed by the response of vegetation to changes in environmental conditions and the fact that humans everywhere have an interest, even an obligation, to cooperate in a global campaign to combat climate change.

This book presents novel communication technology solutions to address the effects of climate change and climate variability on agriculture, with a particular focus on those that increase agricultural production.

This book provides an overview of the current state of knowledge of Arctic ice shelves, ice islands and related features.

The book presents a state-of-the-art overview of current developments in the field in a way accessible to attendees coming from a variety of fields.

This monograph is an attempt to compile the present state of knowledge on ocean wave analysis and prediction.

This book provides readers with cutting-edge techniques that can be applied to energy and environmental economics.

This book presents a unique and comprehensive view of the fundamental dynamical and thermodynamic principles underlying the large circulations of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system Dynamics of The Tropical Atmosphere and Oceans provides a detailed description of macroscale tropical circulation systems such as the monsoon, the Hadley and Walker Circulations, El Ni o, and the tropical ocean warm pool.

More than 30-year operational satellite data have already been used for monitoring land, ocean and atmosphere.

Provides a comprehensive overview of dryland climates and their relationship to the physical environment, vegetation, hydrology, and inhabitants.

This book describes observed features of urban climate and its long-term variations as well as the relationship of climate to heat stroke in Japan, based on observational data and statistical analyses.

This book provides an innovative, realistic and reliable solution to the common problem of Indian water and energy sector due to the onset of the Impact of Climate Change and Large-Scale Urbanization.

This book describes the environment in Galicia (NW Spain), with researchers and professors presenting their own photographs of relevant aspects.

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

The extraordinary growth and development of atmospheric sciences during the last dec- ades, and the concern for certain applied problems, such as those related to the environ- ment, have prompted the introduction of college and university courses in this field.

This book encompasses updated information as well as future directions for researchers working in the fields of environmental science, water resource engineering, and agricultural science.

This book focuses on early germination, one of maize germplasm most important strategies for adapting to drought-induced stress.

This book describes the latest advances at the Helmholtz "e;Earth System Science Research School"e; where scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, the University of Bremen, and the Jacobs University are involved in research.

This volume aims to develop a framework for disaster and climate risk resilient livelihood system in Bangladesh using a policy oriented approach.

This book focuses on the impact of climate change on India, addressing environmental problems and conducting an analysis of the climate change impact on mitigation processes.

This book presents recent research work on Biosaline Agriculture presented during First International Forum on Biosaline Agriculture in Laayoune, Morocco from May 3rd to May 4th 2019.

This brief is based on an analysis that was performed on the 2010 winter storms that caused considerable damage to coastal communities in Atlantic Canada.

Improving the reliability of long-range forecasts of natural disasters, such as severe weather, droughts and floods, in North America, South America, Africa and the Asian/Australasian monsoon regions is of vital importance to the livelihood of millions of people who are affected by these events.

This book identifies, evaluates and reports the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical, biological and socioeconomic environment, using the science and technology of geoinformatics.

In addition to describing core concepts and principles, this book reveals professional methodologies and tools used by national agencies and private corporations to predict sites' potential for wind and solar power generation.

While sponges represent a very simple group of organisms, which are represented by over 8000 species, there is considerable interest in the increasing role they may play in future marine ecosystems.

To understand climate change today, we first need to know how Earth s climate changed over the past 450 million years.

One of first undergraduate textbooks on space weather designed for introductory space physics courses.

First published in 1966 these collected papers, written by the distinguished and visionary climatologist Hubert H.

This book sheds light on the latest trends in environmental law by analyzing some of the main sectors of law, including administrative law, constitutional law, EU law, US Law,  and human rights law.

This was the fourth postgraduate summer school on remote sensing to be held in Dundee.

This book gives a detailed account of the scarce water resources of Jordan, with a focus on their quantities, quality, and use for different sectors.