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  • Airborne Measurements for Environmental Research

    Methods and Instruments

    Series series Wiley Series in Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing
    This first comprehensive review of airborne measurement principles covers all atmospheric components and surface parameters. It describes the common techniques to characterize aerosol particles and cloud/precipitation elements, while also explaining radiation quantities and pertinent hyperspectral and active remote sensing measurement techniques along the way. As a result, the major principles of ... Leer más

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  • Rain

    A Natural and Cultural History

    Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive.It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain.Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science—the true ... Leer más

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  • Severe Weather

    Series series National Geographic Shorts
    Severe weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes have increased fourfold in the last two decades, shaking the foundations of our existence. Weather-related tragedies have fascinated humans throughout time. For those who loved The Perfect Storm andKrakatoa, the millions who log onto daily weather forecasting sites and check weather apps, and people who can't get enough front-page headlines of ... Leer más

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  • The Storm

    What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist

    The ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy—from the cofounder of the LSU Hurricane CenterAfter warning for years about the looming threat of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Ivor van Heerden was one of the highest-profile media experts during the Katrina disaster. Over the following eighteen months, he was even more prominent as he challenged the official version of those events and ... Leer más

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  • Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold

    de Tom Shachtman ...
    "A lovely, fascinating book, which brings science to life." —Alan LightmanCombining science, history, and adventure, Tom Shachtman "holds the reader's attention with the skill of a novelist" as he chronicles the story of humans' four-centuries-long quest to master the secrets of cold ( Scientific American)."A disarming portrait of an exquisite, ferocious, world-ending extreme," Absolute Zero and ... Leer más

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  • Man vs. Weather

    Be Your Own Weatherman

    A humorous and practical guide to the history and science of understanding the weather including how to build your own barometer!For as long as man has walked upon this earth, he has been forced to survive under the cruel tyranny of weather. Let's face it: there is no escape. Now, in Man vs. Weather, humorist Dennis DiClaudio offers up the knowledge to beat weather at its own game. Rooting through ... Leer más

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  • Lightning

    Physics and Effects

    Lightning: Physics and Effects is the first book that covers essentially all aspects of lightning, including lightning physics, lightning protection and the interaction of lightning with a variety of objects and systems as well as with the environment. It is written in a style that will be accessible to the technical non-expert and is addressed to anyone interested in lightning and its effects. ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions

    Providing an up-to-date synthesis of all knowledge relevant to the climate change issue, this book ranges from the basic science documenting the need for policy action to the technologies, economic instruments and political strategies that can be employed in response to climate change. Ethical and cultural issues constraining the societal response to climate change are also discussed. This book ... Leer más

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  • Hurricanes vs. Tornadoes vs Typhoons: Wind Systems of the World

    Natural Disaster Books for Kids

    Series series Children's Weather Books
    Allow your child to discover the similarities and differences of weather disturbances like hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes. This highly informative book is not just about texts but it’s more on pictures and colors. This lean towards images calls the attention and ensures understanding of concepts presented. Your child needs this copy so buy one today! ... Leer más

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  • Exact Space-Times in Einstein's General Relativity

    Series series Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
    Einstein's theory of general relativity is a theory of gravity and, as in the earlier Newtonian theory, much can be learnt about the character of gravitation and its effects by investigating particular idealised examples. This book describes the basic solutions of Einstein's equations with a particular emphasis on what they mean, both geometrically and physically. Concepts such as big bang and big ... Leer más

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  • Climate System Dynamics and Modelling

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    This textbook presents all aspects of climate system dynamics, on all timescales from the Earth's formation to modern human-induced climate change. It discusses the dominant feedbacks and interactions between all the components of the climate system: atmosphere, ocean, land surface and ice sheets. It addresses one of the key challenges for a course on the climate system: students can come from a ... Leer más

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  • Weather, Climate and Human Affairs (Routledge Revivals)

    A Book of Essays and Other Papers

    de H. H. Lamb ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals: A History of Climate Changes
    First published in 1988, this is a reissue of a groundbreaking collection of essays written by Hubert Lamb, one of the world’s foremost experts on weather and climate and a uniquely authoritative voice in the history of climatology. Hubert Lamb is able to provide a mature assessment of the effect of weather on people, and vice versa. His is a uniquely authoritative voice in the current debates ... Leer más

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