Large Igneous Provinces (Geophysical Monograph, #256)
by Richard R. Ernst, Aisha Al Suwaidi, Andrey Bekker, and Alex Dickson
This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library. Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions. Environmental changes caused by LIPs and SLIPs include rapid global warming, global cooling ('Snowball Earth'), ocean...
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Lecture Notes on Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series, Volume 4.This work is a contribution to the research encouraged by the IAPSO Working Group on Optical Oceanography, in particular its third term of reference ('Examination of ocean optical properties with their application to other aspects of oceanography, including physical oceanography, ocean dynamics, heat absorption and climatology, marine biology, and sedimentology.'). Due to th...
This book presents Bayes' theorem, the estimation of unknown parameters, the determination of confidence regions and the derivation of tests of hypotheses for the unknown parameters. It does so in a simple manner that is easy to comprehend. The book compares traditional and Bayesian methods with the rules of probability presented in a logical way allowing an intuitive understanding of random variables and their probability distributions to be formed.
The Global Carbon Cycle (Princeton Primers in Climate, #1)
by David Archer
"The Global Carbon Cycle" is a short introduction to this essential geochemical driver of the Earth's climate system, written by one of the world's leading climate-science experts. In this one-of-a-kind primer, David Archer engages readers in clear and simple terms about the many ways the global carbon cycle is woven into our climate system. He begins with a concise overview of the subject, and then looks at the carbon cycle on three different time scales, describing how the cycle interacts with...
Strategien Zur Bewältigung Globaler Umweltrisiken (Welt Im Wandel, #1998)
Dieses Gutachten leistet einen konstruktiven Beitrag zu einem sachlichen Umgang mit Risiken des Globalen Wandels, indem - global relevante Risiken typisiert und besonders gravierende Risikotypen herausgestellt werden, - diesen Typen sowohl bewahrte als auch innovative Strategien zur Risikobewertung sowie entsprechende Instrumente fur das Risikomanagement zugeordnet werden, so dass daraus Managementprioritaten festgelegt werden konnen. Ein Ziel dieses Gutachtens ist die Versachlichung der intern...
Ground-Based Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing
by Pranab Kumar Karmakar
The ability to effectively monitor the atmosphere on a continuous basis requires remote sensing in microwave. Written for physicists and engineers working in the area of microwave sensing of the atmosphere, Ground-Based Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing: Methods and Applications is completely devoted to ground-based remote sensing. This text covers the fundamentals of microwave remote sensing, and examines microwave radiometric measurements and their applications. The book discusses the a...
Cometary Plasma Processes (Geophysical Monograph)
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 61.Since Explorer 1 discovered the Earth's radiation belts more than thirty years ago, there have been many opportunities to show the value of in-situ observations over remote-sensing when it comes to an understanding of the space plasma environment. When one of the inner solar system's regular visitors was due to make its once-in-a-lifetime appearance in 1986 the opportunity was too important to be m...
Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction
by Cheng, Guan, F y Cheng, and Y y Wang
Based on the proceedings of a symposium, this volume aims to provide a state-of-the-art discussion on the use of the Global Positioning System (GPS), in combination with Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), for the detailed sensing of the Earth's surface. Divided into two parts, the book first discusses GPS/INS with respect to theory and modelling, equipment trends, estimation methods and quality control, algorithms and software trends. It then describes the applications of these kinematic systems...
Seismic Petrophysics in Quantitative Interpretation (Investigations in Geophysics)
by Lev Vernik
Exploration and characterization of conventional and unconventional reservoirs using seismic technologies are among the main activities of upstream technology groups and business units of oil and gas operators. However, these activities frequently encounter difficulties in quantitative seismic interpretation due to remaining confusion and new challenges in the fast developing field of seismic petrophysics. Seismic Petrophysics in Quantitative Interpretation shows how seismic interpretation can b...
Practical Applications of Time-lapse Seismic Data (Distinguished Instructor)
by David H. Johnston
Time-lapse (4D) seismic technology is a key enabler for improved hydrocarbon recovery and more cost-effective field operations. Practical Applications of Time-lapse Seismic Data (SEG Distinguished Instructor Series No. 16) shows how 4D seismic data are used for reservoir surveillance, how they provide valuable insight on dynamic reservoir properties such as fluid saturation, pressure, and temperature, and how they add value to reservoir management. The material, based on the 2013 SEG Distinguish...
Light Scattering Reviews 4 (Environmental Sciences) (Springer Praxis Books)
by Alexander A. Kokhanovsky
This fourth volume of Light Scattering Reviews is composed of three parts. The ?rstpartisconcernedwiththeoreticalandexperimentalstudiesofsinglelightsc- tering by small nonspherical particles. Light scattering by small particles such as, for instance, droplets in the terrestrial clouds is a well understood area of physical optics. On the other hand, exact theoretical calculations of light scattering p- terns for most of nonspherical and irregularly shaped particles can be performed only for the r...
The advection-dispersion equation that is used to model the solute transport in a porous medium is based on the premise that the fluctuating components of the flow velocity, hence the fluxes, due to a porous matrix can be assumed to obey a relationship similar to Fick's law. This introduces phenomenological coefficients which are dependent on the scale of the experiments. This book presents an approach, based on sound theories of stochastic calculus and differential equations, which removes this...
Earthquake Prediction
Einfuhrung in Die Geophysik (Naturwissenschaftliche Monographien Und Lehrbucher, #8)
by A Nippoldt and E Schweidler
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfangen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen fur die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfugung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden mussen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.
The book considers the riverine paleo structures of the coastal marine zone from the point of view of marine bottom seismic acoustics. The authors describe the mechanisms of the origin and features of riverine paleo structures in the coastal marine area. The methods applied for this kind of research have been developed and explained comprehensively, including geomorphology and interpretation of seismic acoustic facies. Besides, the authors also propose a classification of morphological features,...
Canadian Inland Seas (Oceanography S., Vol 44) (Elsevier Oceanography)
The present work is not exactly a "course," but rather is presented as a monograph in which the author has set forth what are, for the most part, his own results; this is particularly true of Chaps. 7-13. Many of the problems dealt with herein have, since the school year 1975-76, been the subject of a series of graduate lectures at the "Universire des Sciences et Techniques de Lille I" for students preparing for the "Diplome d'Etudes Ap profondies de Mecanique (option fluides)." The writing of t...
Geophysical Data Analysis (International Geophysics)
by Professor William Menke
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Theory of Planetary Atmospheres (International Geophysics, #22)
by R Alan Plumb and John Marshall