Meteorology & Climatology

Most studies of the impacts of climate change consider impacts in the future from anthropogenic climate change. Very few consider what the impacts of past climate change have been. History and Climate: Memories of the Future? contains 13...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789352300747Author V Radha Krishna MurthyFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint BSP Books Private LimitedPublisher BSP Books Private LimitedWeight(grams) 156g

In the past decade, the field of trenchless technology has expanded rapidly in products, equipment, and utilization. This expansion would not have occurred without a strong increase in economic incentives to the user. Because the operating environment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947247949Author Steven E SondergardFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Yorkshire PublishingPublisher Yorkshire PublishingWeight(grams) 617g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941536865Author David Phillip ParksFormat HardbackImprint David P. ParksPublisher David P. ParksWeight(grams) 558g

This book systematically describes the instrument setup for the measurement of nitrate radical (NO3) and dinitrogen pentoxide (N2O5), as well as the mixing ratio, chemical behaviors, and atmospheric impacts of NO3 and N2O5 in Beijing, China. It also...

As governments and institutions work to ameliorate the effects of anthropogenic CO2 emissions on global climate, there is an increasing need to understand how land-use and land-cover change is coupled to the carbon cycle, and how land management can be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682863626Author Smith PaulFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 948g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838805609Author Theodore V Hromadka IIFormat HardbackPage Count 110Imprint IntechOpenPublisher IntechOpen

There is no shortage of general books on the subject of acid rain, or of symposium proceedings reviewing work ranging from atmospheric chemistry and deposition processes to freshwater acidification and effects on vegetation. In contrast, the collection...

Landslides and debris flows belong to the most dangerous natural hazards in many parts of the world. Despite intensive research, these events continue to result in human suffering, property losses, and environmental degradation every year. Better...

An up-to-date text on climate change focussing on technical solutions for the most important and climate relevant economic sectors is presented. It is intended for key decision makers, and administrators within industry, agricultural and energy sectors,...

Three important studies were initiated in the 1970s to investigate the relation­ ship between climatic variations and agriculture: by the National Delcnse University (1980) on Crop Yields and Climate Change to the Year 2000, by the U.s. Department of...

This book presents the theoretical bases and the application tools for using the 'convergence-confinement' method which is a rational method largely used in design engineering for tunneling. Until recently, the stability conditions of underground works...

This open access title presents atmospheric simulation chambers as effective tools for atmospheric chemistry research. State-of-the-art simulation chambers provide unprecedented opportunities for atmospheric scientists to perform experiments that address...

This book introduces new solutions for mining tools, unique lubricated holders and mining methods for hard-rock mining using mini-disk tools. In the first part, it describes problems connected with hard-rock mining using traditional mining methods like...

This open access book compiles the research results of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 837, which has been running since 2010 and will end in 2022, with the topic "Interaction Modeling in Mechanized Tunneling". The Collaborative Research Center is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682860144Author Dorothy RambolaFormat HardbackImprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 726g

This book contains some of the papers presented at the 15th Annual Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods which was held in Granada, Spain, from Septe~ber 6 through September 11, 1987 and hosted by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andaluda of...

This book highlights recent advancements and innovations in trenchless technology via the adoption of combined micro-tunnelling and pipe-jacking techniques. This technique is more environmentally friendly, cost effective, less time-consuming and less...

The book provides suitable methods for the simulations of boundary value problems of geotechnical installation processes with reliable prediction for the deformation behavior of structures in static or dynamic interaction with the soil. It summarizes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632394743Author Dorothy RambolaFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 449g

This book systematically introduces the new technology used in the construction of underwater large slurry shields under complex conditions. The basic principles, scope of application, construction technology and technical points of the key technologies...

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water both in area and volume. Its drainage area is approximately 3. 5 million square kilometers, extending 2500 km in length, 35 DegreesN to 600N, and on average 1000 km wide, 400E 0 to 60E (Fig. 1)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632390820Author Luke McCoyFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 463g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798822959538Author Dr Rodney W BoveyFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Palmetto PublishingPublisher Palmetto PublishingWeight(grams) 535g

This book provides an overview of flood and drought in the Lower Mekong Basin, reviews the characteristics of flood and drought, and details structural and non-structural measures for flood and drought mitigation employed in the basin countries, as well...

This book presents a simplified approach to earthquake engineering by developing the fragility curve for regular and irregular moment-resisting frames based on different types of structural material, height, and ground motion records. It examines six...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789535125150Author Jill ColemanFormat HardbackPage Count 148Imprint IntechopenPublisher IntechopenWeight(grams) 440g

Physical and chemical studies of the earth and planets along with their sur roundings are now developing very rapidly. As these studies are of essentially international character, many international conferences, symposia, seminars and workshops are held...

This book arises from a NATO-sponsored Advanced Study Institute on 'The Role of Air-Sea Exchange in Geochemical Cycling' held at Bombann@. near Bordeaux, France. from 16 to 27 September 1985. The chapters of the book are the written versions of the...

Three important studies were initiated in the 19708 to investigate the relation ship between climatic variations and agriculture: by the National Defense University (1980) on Crop Yields and Climate Change to the Year eooo, by the U.s. Department of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401069281Author R.E. MunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 599g

Meteorology is by nature a multidisciplinary and transnational subject and COST cooperation has proved to be a flexible and suitable framework at European level for meteorological activities such as the standardisation of observation techniques and...

The possible impacts of global climate change on different countries has led to the development and ratification of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and has a strong bearing on the future sustainable development of developing countries...

Studies of convection in geophysical flows constitute an advanced and rapidly developing area of research that is relevant to problems of the natural environment. During the last decade, significant progress has been achieved in the field as a result of...

General circulation models state that the central United States (and other mid-latitude continental regions) will become warmer and drier as the result of greenhouse warming. On this premise the dustbowl period of the 1930s was selected as an analogue of...

The eleven papers presented in this issue are intended to provide a comprehen sive description of the cloud systems studied during the Kleiner Feldberg experi ment. The first paper provides a general overview of the experiment and a summa ry of the main...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789400970038Author Robert S. ChenFormat PaperbackPage Count 255Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 415g

This book reviews the latest assessments of climate variability and climate change, and their impacts on agriculture and forestry, and recommends appropriate adaptation strategies for reducing the vulnerability of agriculture and forestry to climate...