Meteorology category: 1039 books
by Francesco Tampieri
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
This book offers a comprehensive review of our current understanding of the planetary boundary layer, particularly the turbulent exchanges of momentum, heat and passive scalars between the surface of the Earth and the atmosphere.
It presents and discusses the observations and the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Current developments in air pollution modelling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field. This newest contribution on air pollution modelling and its application is focused on local, urban, regional and intercontinental modelling; data assimilation...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Recent developments in air pollution modelling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field. This newest contribution on air pollution modelling and its application is focused on local, urban, regional and intercontinental modelling; data assimilation...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Current developments in air pollution modelling are explored as a series of contributions from researchers at the forefront of their field. This newest contribution on air pollution modelling and its application is focused on local, urban, regional and intercontinental modelling; long term modelling...
Weather Whys
Facts, Myths, and Oddities
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
The myths, history, wives-tales, oddities, and wonders of a subject that comes up every day: the weather.
Weather enthusiasts (or just the weather-curious) will discover surprising facts, myths, and oddities in this fascinating book of useful (and sometimes useless) information. With his expertise...
The Long Thaw
How Humans Are Changing the Next 100,000 Years of Earth’s Climate
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
The human impact on Earth's climate is often treated as a hundred-year issue lasting as far into the future as 2100, the year in which most climate projections cease. In The Long Thaw, David Archer, one of the world’s leading climatologists, reveals the hard truth that these changes in climate will...
How to Change Minds About Our Changing Climate
Let Science Do the Talking the Next Time Someone Tries to Tell You…The Climate Isn't Changing; Global Warming is Actually a Good Thing; Climate Change is Natural, Not Man-Made...and Other Arguments It's Time to End for Good
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
The book to spark action on the defining challenge of our time
In our post-truth world, there’s only one place to turn to if we want to live in reality: science. And the research on climate change is clear: It’s real, it threatens us all, and human activity is the primary cause. This essential...
Global Warming
The Complete Briefing
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
How much of global warming is due to human activities? How far will it be possible to adapt to changes of climate? Sir John Houghton's definitive, full colour guide to climate change answers these questions and more by providing the best and latest information available, including the latest IPCC...
Climate Change: A Wicked Problem
Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Under one cover, Frank P. Incropera provides a comprehensive, objective and critical assessment of all issues germane to the climate change debate: science, technology options, economic ramifications, cultural and behavioural issues, the influence of special interests and public policy, geopolitics...
Chill, A Reassessment of Global Warming Theory
Does Climate Change Mean the World is Cooling, and If So What Should We Do About It?
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Although the world’s climate has undergone many cyclical changes, the phrase ‘climate change’ has taken on a sinister meaning, implying catastrophe for humanity, ecology and the environment. We are told that we are responsible for this threat, and that we should act immediately to prevent it....
The Climate Crisis
An Introductory Guide to Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2009
An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth's climate has been probed by drilling into polar ice sheets and sediment layers of the oceans' vast depths, and great advances have been made in computer modelling of our...
Thoughts of a Scientist, Citizen, and Grandpa on Climate Change
Bridging the Gap Between Scientific and Public Opinion
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2012
Global warming has been a subject of great interest to both the scientific community and the general public during the last two decades. The consensus among scientists is that global warming is caused by mans activities. At the same time, however, the publics perceived importance of the global warming...
by Bert Metz
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
An unbiased and comprehensive overview, based on the findings of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Using no jargon, it looks at tackling and adapting to man-made climate change, and works through the often confusing potential solutions. Bert Metz is the former co-chair of the IPCC,...
by Stephen Burt
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
The Weather Observer's Handbook provides a comprehensive, practical and independent guide to all aspects of making weather observations. Automatic weather stations today form the mainstay of both amateur and professional weather observing networks around the world and yet – prior to this book –...