Meteorology and climatology

Responding to a need for a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the consequences of climate change, this book brings experts in climate science, engineering, urban planning, and conservation biology into conversation with scholars in law, geography, anthropology and ethics.

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This book is filled with didactic elements such as exercises, charts and case study examples.

This book presents an approach to energy-efficient building design, which takes into account the most important challenges in climate change mitigation and adaptation in Southern Europe.

Rapidly increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, emerging evidence of global warming and the threat of uncontrollable climate feedback mechan:i,sms are now triggering international action to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases.

Recent flood events in Europe, the USA and elsewhere have shown the devastating impact that flooding can have on people and property.

A vast amount has been written on climate change and what should be our response.

Crime, Violence, and Global Warming introduces the many connections between climate change and criminal activity.

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Based on a data series of more than 50 years, this book discusses spatial and seasonal variability in air-mass and frontal extreme precipitation frequency and as well as the relationship between their occurrence and atmospheric circulation.

Originally published in 1990 Tropical Resources presents in-depth coverage of the extremely diverse tropical environments, the resources to be found within the region and their production, and ecological management.

Trace gases are those that are present in the atmosphere at relatively low concentrations.

Grazing lands represent the largest and most diverse land resource-taking up over half the earth's land surface.

A detailed study of research on the psychology of expertise in weather forecasting, drawing on findings in cognitive science, meteorology, and computer science.

Human-induced climate change is an important environmental issue worldwide, as scientific studies increasingly demonstrate that human activities are changing the Earth's climate.

Nobel Prize-winning scientist''s assessment of options for switching to sustainable energy provision to avert potentially disastrous consequences of climate change.

The public law that authorized the National Weather Service (NWS) to modernize its technical systems and restructure its field office organization set the requirements for what has become known as the modernization and associated restructuring demonstration (MARD).

This book is the outcome of two International Conferences held at the ISEC in Bangalore, India: the international conference on "e;Climate Change and Social-Ecological-Economical Interface-Building: Modelling Approach to Exploring Potential Adaptation Strategies for Bio-resource Conservation and Livelihood Development"e; held during 20-21 May 2015 and jointly organized by the Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR), Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) and the Centre for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), University of Kassel, Germany; and the international conference "e;Climate Change and Food Security - the Global and Indian Contexts,"e; jointly hosted by the CEENR, ISEC and the School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, on 18-19 February 2015.

Weather 2e is a concise, affordable introductory text covering the processes of weather.

This book highlights the electronic governance in a smart city through case studies of cities located in many countries.

Public and media interest in the climate change issue has increased exponentially in recent years.

This Brief presents the impact of climatic abnormalities on hydropower potential of different regions of the World.

On September 16, 1999, rainfall from Hurricane Floyd swelled North Carolina's rivers, flooding tens of thousands of homes, businesses, and communities across the eastern third of the state; taking 52 lives; and causing an estimated $6 billion in damages.

This book will appeal to all researchers that have an interest in the current Leonid showers.

This book provides a first comprehensive legal examination of water rights arrangements and water rights trading in China.

This book presents an updated view of the Philippines, focusing on thematic issues rather than a description region by region.

This book provides an overview of arid and semi-arid lands conditions, their general characteristics, methods of management, conservation, exploitation and reclamation.

The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and their retreat since about 1850.

The 'wind vector' - wind speed and direction - is a main meteorological quantity and relevant for air-sea exchange processes.

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars, The Handbook of Natural Resources, Second Edition, is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life.

This book is a critical appraisal of the status of the so-called Climate Sciences (CS).

Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability.

Each new generation of commercial aircraft produces less noise and fewer emissions per passenger-kilometer (or ton-kilometer of cargo) than the previous generation.

A straightforward and fact-based exploration of how weather happens, how it relates to climate, and how science answers major questions about Earth as a system Climate change is one of the most hotly contested environmental topics of our day.

Use of occultation methodology for observing the Earth's atmosphere and climate has become so broad as to comprise solar, lunar, stellar, navigation and satellite- crosslink occultation methods.

This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the properties and fabrication methods of GaN-based power transistors, with contributions from the most active research groups in the field.

This volume sheds new light on the marine fauna and geological setting of the Tjornes Sequence, North Iceland, which is a classic site for the Pliocene and Pleistocene stratigraphy of the North Atlantic region.

Using arguments that parallel those of Blaise Pascal and William James, Haller offers prudential reasons for caution that should convince those not already persuaded by ethical arguments.

Presents cutting-edge insights into adapting institutions that build social-ecological resilience to complex multi-scale environmental change.

This book presents the principal structure of space systems, functionality, media and applications for modern remote sensing, transmission systems, meteorological antennas, propagation meteorological observation and transferring weather data from satellite to the ground infrastructures and users.

The scientific work described in this book is the result of an international coopera- tion of over 60 researchers from many different European countries over more than 10 years.

Covers essential parts of cloud and precipitation physics and has been extensively rewritten with over 60 new illustrations and many new and up to date references.

This study describes the fundamentals of assessing the vulnerability of coral islands, as well as environmental management and resource exploitation.

This comprehensive handbook provides a unique overview of the theory, methodologies and best practices in climate change communication from around the world.

Floods, species extinction, migration, droughts, super tornadoes - climate change is no longer a threat looming on the horizon but has long since become part of our everyday lives.

This book is designed to present a state-of the-art approach to the assessment and management of bereavement-related psychopathology.

This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society.

From low humor to high drama, TV weather reporting has encompassed an enormous range of styles and approaches, triggering chuckles, infuriating the masses, and at times even saving lives.