Earth sciences

The book has two aims: to introduce basic concepts of environmental modelling and to facilitate the application of the concepts using modern numerical tools such as MATLAB.

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This book focuses on the development of physical parameterization over the last 2 to 3 decades and provides a roadmap for its future development.

The book is a thoughtful discussion with scientists studying convergent plate boundaries such as the well-known, active India-Eurasia collision zone.

This volume presents papers from the biennial International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC), the world's leading event in the field of atmospheric research using lidar.

Governing environmental risk, particularly large-scale transboundary risks associated with climate change and pollution, is one of the most pressing problems facing society .

Polar Ice and Global Warming in Cryosphere Regions is based on recent and past climate variabilities data gathered through satellites and spatial-temporal analysis to explain the role of global warming on cryosphere regions such as high-latitude Himalaya, Arctic and Antarctic regions, and the surrounding Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean.

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On February 19, 1973, five centuries have elapsed since the birth of Nicolaus Coperni- cus - the greatest astronomer of the Renaissance period - who rediscovered for us the heliocentric model of the solar system, and documented it by his life's work in such a manner as to make its concept a permanent property of mankind.

Humans generate millions of tons of waste every day.

Based on the suggestions made by the speakers of Plenary Session IV "e;Ch- lenges to the management of water resources and to countering deserti cation in the Mediterranean region"e; during the 15th Economic and Environmental Forum, the OCEEA proposed to organize a workshop on "e;Water Scarcity, Land Degra- tion and Deserti cation in the Mediterranean region - Environment and Security Aspects"e;.

Biogeochemistry: An Analysis of Global Change deals with changes in the biogeochemistry of the Earth's surface.

Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment brings together the work of a renowned international group of scientists who specialize in aquatic science and environmental management.

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With contributions from key researchers across the globe, and edited by internationally recognized leading academics, Gravel-bed Rivers: Processes and Disasters presents the definitive review of current knowledge of gravel-bed rivers.

This book illustrates how mine seismology can be used to improve underground safety standards.

Essays and stories that contemplate the exploitation of Michigan s agricultural landscape by modern factory farms.

The large lakes of the East African Rift Valley are among the oldest on Earth, and are vital resources for the people of their basins.

This book includes invited contributions presenting the latest research on the oceanography and environment of the Red Sea.

Based on a fifty-year study conducted by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, this book brings together a comprehensive summary of their observations and findings.

This book is an attempt to put into practice these precepts of Popper and Koestler as far as they can be applied to the Earth sciences at an elementary level.

Originally published in this form in 1971, the content of this book was originally part of a larger composite volume 'Water, Earth and Man' (1969) which provided a synthesis of hydrology, geomorphology and socio-economic geography.

This book presents a beautifully illustrated overview of the most prominent landscapes of South Africa and the distinctive landforms associated with them.

This book is the third edition of a book series on the state of the science of monsoon research and forecasting.

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Deponieabdichtungssysteme sollen ihre Funktionsfähigkeit über einen weitaus längeren Zeitraum als konventionelle Bauwerke erhalten.

This book presents technical information and materials concerning the engineering of decentralized infrastructure to achieve effective wastewater treatment while also minimizing resource consumption and providing a source of reclaimed water, nutrients and organic matter.

The conservation authority movement in Ontario is world renowned, and professionals and parliamentarians from other provinces, the United States, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the owrld have come to study it.

Most of the Earth's biosphere is characterized by low temperatures.

Contaminants and Clean Technologies provides valuable information on environmental contaminants such as industrial pollutants, micropollutants, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals, toxins, and hormones.

The impacts of natural and man-made disasters have increased exponentially over the past few decades.

This book critically reexamines what turbulence really is, from a fundamental point of view and based on observations from nature, laboratories, and direct numerical simulations.

Machine learning has led to incredible achievements in many different fields of science and technology.

Interest in oceanography and marine biology and its relevance to global environmental issues continues to increase, creating a demand for authoritative reviews that summarize recent research.

The new Second Edition of Glacial Geology provides a modern, comprehensive summary of glacial geology and geomorphology.

First book to explore dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities for students, policy makers and the general reader.

The book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of hydrology, environmental engineering, agricultural engineering, earth sciences, and watershed and range sciences, as well as to those engaged in water resources planning, development and management in arid and semi-arid areas.

Deep-diving manned submersibles, such as Alvin, which gained worldwide fame when researchers used it to reach the wreck of the Titanic, have helped advance deep-ocean science.

This new edition of a well-established textbook covers the health, environmental, and engineering aspects of the management of rainwater and wastewater in areas of human development.

This volume is a compilation of papers that deal with palaeoecological aspects of Argentina and Uruguay, and that derive from the special session on the Quaternary of South America at the XIIth INQUA International Congress held in Ottawa in 1987.

This book examines the abilities of new machine learning models for predicting ore grade in mining engineering.

This book addresses ways to provide the highest quality water services at the lowest possible cost, and examines the major finance issues that system managers face.

Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science provides an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the concepts of complexity theory together with the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems in all fields of science and engineering.

This book comprises proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023).

This book represents a comprehensive coverage of the current state of knowledge of Volcan de Colima: its history, its eruptive mechanism, the generation and interpretation of monitoring data, and the risk presented to the local population.

This book presents operational modal analysis (OMA), employing a coherent and comprehensive Bayesian framework for modal identification and covering stochastic modeling, theoretical formulations, computational algorithms, and practical applications.