Meteorology and climatology

This book recommends the initiation of an "e;integrated"e; research program to study the role of aerosols in the predicted global climate change.

World''s foremost experts explain how polycentric thinking can enhance societal attempts to govern climate change, for researchers, practitioners, advanced students.

This book provides an overview of several components of mesoscale modeling: boundary conditions, subgrid-scale parameterization, moisture processes, and radiation.

Scientists and policy-makers alike are concerned that operation of a fleet of high-speed civil transport (HSCT) aircraft could significantly affect the global atmosphere.

The first volume of this comprehensive global perspective on Integrated Drought Management is focused on understanding drought, causes, and the assessment of drought impacts.

This book combines three different energy-economy-emissions modeling methodologies into one Integrated Modeling Framework (IMF) in an attempt to fill gaps in current modeling research as it applies to developing countries.

Over the past decade there has been considerable interest in the effects of atmospheric deposition on forest ecosystems.

For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales.

As drivers of climate action enter the fourth decade of what has become a multi-stage race, Net Zero has emerged as the dominant organizing principle.

Originally published in 1983, The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography is a compact and thematically organized guide that provides comprehensive access to themes and areas of study in the earth sciences.

In all, the European Space Agency (ESA) has developed 60 spacecrafts over the last few decades.

This volume discusses climate change impacts on groundwater quality in arid and semi-arid regions, and provides human health risk assessments due to pollution of surface and groundwater.

This book presents the fundamentals of polarimetric radar remote sensing through understanding wave scattering and propagation in geophysical media filled with hydrometers and other objects.

This volume outlines the fundamentals and applications of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice crystals.

The nation's network of more than 130 Next Generation Radars (NEXRADs) is used to detect wind and precipitation to help National Weather Service forecasters monitor and predict flash floods and other storms.

As climate change makes the Arctic a region of key political interest, so questions of sovereignty are once more drawing international attention.

Soil Management and Greenhouse Effect focuses on proper management of soils and its effects on global change, specifically, the greenhouse effect.

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

First comprehensive book on cryospheric processes for advanced students and a superb up-to-date summary for researchers.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of recent research on the timely topic of sustainable development goals, with a focus on developing countries.

This book is aimed at description of recent progress in radiative transfer, atmospheric remote sensing, snow optics,  and light scattering.

The Atmosphere and Ocean The Atmosphere and Ocean is a fully revised and updated student friendly physical introduction to the atmosphere and ocean.

This brief explores several adaptive agricultural practices from around the world to fulfill current and future agricultural demands for food security due to the challenges posed by climate change and growing global population.

La découverte d'un continent, désert de froid et de glace, la vie quotidienne des chercheurs dans ce milieu extrême, les trouvailles et les progrès d'une science, l'étude des glaces, qui permet de reconstituer le climat du passé et contribue à une meilleure compréhension de l'impact des hommes sur l'atmosphère de notre planète.

This book focuses on managing risks and building resilience to climate change, showcasing experiences from research, field projects and best practices to foster climate change adaptation in Eastern Europe that can be implemented elsewhere.

Nucleation of Water: From Fundamental Science to Atmospheric and Additional Applications provides a comprehensive accounting of the current state-of-the-art regarding the nucleation of water.

The scientific community has voiced two general concerns about the future of the earth.

This book is designed as an introductory course in Tropical Meteorology for the graduate or advanced level undergraduate student.

This book if a tribute to one of the leading scientists in meteorology, Dr.

In the biogeochemical dynamics of marine ecosystems, silicon is a major element whose role has, for a long time, been underestimated.

This is the first book to review all the fields of equatorial electrojet phenomena and their relevant theories in one volume.

Innovative history of the science of meteorology using understudied archival material and treating meteorology as an observatory science.

A comprehensive overview of the science involved in automated prediction of sea ice, for sea ice analysts, researchers, and professionals.

'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere.

Offering all aspects of humidity measurement and instrumentation, this work includes rudiments and theory, common applications, advantages and limitations of frequently-used sensors and techniques, and guidelines for installation, maintenance and calibration.

This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere.

Air pollution originating from rapid industrialization, urbanization, population growth and economic development has disturbed the urban ecosystems of ecologically sensitive regions like the Indo-Burma hot spot, and they are under severe air pollution stress with limited resources to collect data on what is happening.

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.

Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia's Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region's water supply are unclear, this report finds.

This book offers a complete primer, covering the end-to-end process of forecast production, and bringing together a description of all the relevant aspects together in a single volume; with plenty of explanation of some of the more complex issues and examples of current, state-of-the-art practices.

This book provides applications of wireless sensor networks (WSN) in environmental monitoring, with an emphasis on livestock disease detection and agricultural management in Africa to aid farmers.

Analysis of the physics and phenomena of the ionosphere for graduates, ionospheric physicists and radio engineers.

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Space exploration and advanced astronomy have dramatically expanded our knowledge of outer space and made it possible to study the indepth mechanisms underlying various natural phenomena caused by complex interaction of physical-chemical and dynamical processes in the universe.

Provides measurement, analysis and modeling methods for assessment of trends in extreme precipitation events, for academic researchers and professionals.

Atmospheric Processes and Systems presents a concise introduction to the atmosphere and the fundamentals of weather.

This book is a survey of the research work done by the author over the last 15 years, in collaboration with various eminent mathematicians and climate scientists on the subject of tropical convection and convectively coupled waves.

Charting innovative directions in the environmental humanities, this book examines the cultural history of climate change under three broad headings: history, writing and politics.

Completely updated new edition exploring weather cycles for student and expert alike.