Meteorology and climatology

This book investigates elementary processes in the Earth's atmosphere involving photons, electrons, ions, radicals, and aerosols.

The International School of Climatology of the "e;Ettore Majo- rana Centre for Scientific Culture"e; at Erice was founded in 1979, with the aim of organising advanced courses and highly specialized seminars on current problems in the field of climatology.

Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature.

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As the evidence for human-induced climate change becomes more obvious, so too does the realisation that it will harshly impact on the natural environment as well as on socio-economic systems.

This is the first English book talking about the Three Gorges Project Eco-Environmental Monitoring System (TGPEEMS).

One of the earliest sources of humanity's religious impulse was severe weather, which ancient peoples attributed to the wrath of storm gods.

Landslides in cold regions have different mechanisms from those in other areas, and comparatively few research efforts have been made in this field.

A synthesis of the relevant agreements, customary norms and ongoing discussions on the international law on climate change.

This volume is a collection of lectures given at the two colloquia on atmospheric flows over complex terrain with applications to wind energy and air pollution, organized and sponsored by ICTP in Trieste, Italy.

How does life on our planet respond to--and shape--climate?

Hydro-Meteorological Hazards, Risks, and Disasters, 2e, provides an integrated look at the major disasters that have had, and continue to have, major implications for many of the world's people, such as floods and droughts.

Im vorliegenden Lehrbuch werden die Grundlagen der Theoretischen Meteorologie vermittelt.

Despite scientific evidence that business-as-usual is unsustainable, there is a huge and widespread inertia to 'greening' the planet.

This book focuses on the evaluation of wave energy in the Maritime Silk Road.

The objectives of the American Meteorological Society are "e;the development and dissemination of knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications, and the advancement of its professional ideals.

This book presents field studies on crop production in developing countries such as Vietnam, Kenya, Namibia, Colombia, Afghanistan and Sudan.

Temperature and precipitation increase and decrease because of natural causes.

This book addresses the forms of legal protection extended to people displaced due to the consequences of climate change, and who have either become refugees by crossing international borders or are climatically displaced persons (CDPs) in their own homelands.

This book focuses on recent advances in our understanding of wild edible mycorrhizal fungi, truffle and mushrooms and their cultivation.

This volume is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment.

This book builds up on the experience and lessons learnt by academics at the Graduate Program in Sustainability Science, Global Leadership Initiative (GPSS-GLI) at the University of Tokyo.

The exchange of momentum, heat, moisture, gases (such as CO2 and O2) and salt between the atmosphere and the ocean is a phenomenon of paramount importance for the dynamics of the atmosphere and the ocean.

What in the world is going on up there?

This book explores the climate policy approaches established by various city governments.

This book provides a unique and comprehensive assessment of the changes that have been taking place in the Himalayas.

The geosciences, particularly numerical weather prediction, are demanding the highest levels of available computer power.

The world is currently experiencing changes in climate and environment that often lead to natural disasters.

This is a comprehensive work summarizing the current state of knowledge of the biology of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Maputo Province, Mozambique).

This book discusses the water and carbon cycle system in the permafrost region of eastern Siberia, Providing vitalin sights into how climate change has affected the permafrost environment in recent decades.

The Urban Climate aims to summarize analytical studies directed toward physical understanding of the rural-urban differences in the atmospheric boundary layer.

This book represents the most comprehensive overview of issues affecting our planet and the forefront solutions, including climate change, air, water, soil pollution, demography, and access to food and water.

This book presents working principles for assessing the relative importance of anthropogenic emission sources that contribute to haze in U.

Plants and Climate Change focuses on how climate affects or affected the biosphere and vice versa both in the present and past.

This book presents current applications of remote sensing techniques for clouds and precipitation for the benefit of students, educators, and scientists.

This volume in the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Second Edition, brings together chapters examining water, energy, minerals and the environment in a holistic approach to land use planning and utilization.

This textbook covers all important aspects of mountain glaciers, from their formation and their importance as water reservoirs to the threat posed by current global warming.

This book examines the costs involved in reducing ammonia emissions from agricultural practices as well as the potential benefits for climate change mitigation.

This edited volume introduces dynamic approaches to the study of Southeast Asia's environmental diversity from different disciplinary perspectives at the interface between the natural and social sciences.

Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends features the most up-to-date information on present and future trends related to climate change and tropical extremes.

The line-scan images collected in this book represent the most accurate optical record of Antarctic ice cores ever presented, providing an invaluable resource for glaciologists and climate modellers, as well as a fascinating compilation of ice core images for Antarctica enthusiasts.

Die erste Auflage dieses Buches erschien im Jahre 1917 unter dem Titel "Krauß, Grundzüge der maritimen Meteorologie und Ozeanographie".

This book presents the innovative concept of the dual function of wave farms as both renewable energy generators and coastal protection elements against erosion and flooding.

This book describes essential concepts of, and the status quo in, the field of ionospheric space weather.

Due to climate change and urbanization, urban climate change is increasingly prominent with significantly environmental, economic, social, and health consequences.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects and manages a wide range of environmental and geospatial data to fulfill its mission requirementsdata that stretch from the surface of the sun to the core of the earth, and affect every aspect of society.

This book's purpose is to highlight the development challenges and successes of implementing the Youth Climate Change Adaptation Development Framework in Sierra Leone, West Africa.