Combines theory and experiments to explore the world of weather.
"Provides comprehensive information on climate change and its effects on the world's ecosystems"--Provided by publisher.
Applications of Weather Radar Systems (Wiley-Praxis Series in Atmospheric Physics)
by C.G. Collier
In this volume, writers examine the geologic and meteorologic processes that shape our environment. They present both a report on our understanding of nature's cataclysmic events and an overview of the greatest natural disasters in recorded history, from the destruction of Pompeii in A.D. 79 to the tornadoes, typhoons, earthquakes, and eruptions that make headlines today.
"The Winds of Change" places the horrifying carnage unleashed on New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama by Hurricane Katrina in context.Climate has been humanity's constant, if moody, companion. At times benefactor or tormentor, climate nurtured the first stirrings of civilization and then repeatedly visited ruin on empires and peoples. Eugene Linden reveals a recurring pattern in which civilizations become prosperous and complacent during good weather, only to collapse when climate changes -- ei...
High Latitude Climate and Remote Sensing (Wiley-Praxis Series in Remote Sensing)
by K.IA. Kondrat'ev and etc.
Now You Know Extreme Weather (Now You Know, #8)
by Doug Lennox and Lennox Doug
Climates of Southern and Western Asia (World Survey of Climatology S.)
Provides students with a solid foundation in climate science, with which to understand global warming, natural climate variations, and climate models. As climate models are one of our primary tools for predicting and adapting to climate change, it is vital we appreciate their strengths and limitations. Also key is understanding what aspects of climate science are well understood and where quantitative uncertainties arise. This textbook will inform the future users of climate models and the decis...
Adrenaline Books' search for the world's best, most exciting writing has taken readers from the peaks of Everest to the jungles of Papua New Guinea. "Storm" reveals first-hand accounts of battling with the elements: hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes and sand storms - in mountains, seas, plains, and jungles. Included are contributions from sailors, climbers, adven-tures, and other hardy souls; people like Patrick O'Brian, Stephen Venables, Chris Bonnington, Sebastian Junger, Joseph Conrad and Apsl...
Theophrastus of Eresus: On Weather Signs (Philosophia Antiqua, #104)
On Weather Signs, traditionally ascribed to Theophrastus, contains the most complete list of such signs in antiquity and it was, in this or some very similar form, consulted by Aratus, Vergil (in Georgics I), and Pliny the Elder, as well as by many other authors throughout the Byzantine period. This edition is the first to take account of all the manuscripts and the commentary, the first in over a century, is on a far grander scale than earlier ones by Schneider (1818-21) and Wood (1894), listin...
The CD-ROM uses to a large extent an approach similar to textbooks on this topic, but also applies the possibilities of multimedia. The CD-ROM contains films, animated sequences and various models. The topics are: air circulation, clouds and precipitation, air mass, frontal zone and polar front, cyclones and anticyclones, general atmospheric circulation and climate change. Furthermore, the CD-ROM includes some interactive chapters and a detailed glossary. The main menu is accessible from any app...
Prepared for the 2013 National Climate Assessment and a landmark study in terms of its breadth and depth of coverage, this report blends the contributions of 120 experts in climate science, economics, ecology, engineering, geography, hydrology, planning, resources management, and other disciplines to provide the most comprehensive, and understandable, analysis to date about climate and its effects on the people and landscapes of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah--includ...