Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences

Our collection of 23 books.

Topics in Climate Modeling

Edited by Theodore Hromadka and Prasada Rao
ISBN 978-953-51-2661-4, Print ISBN 978-953-51-2660-7,
Edited Volume
166 pages, October, 2016

The topics of climate change, weather prediction, atmospheric sciences and other related fields are gaining increased attention due to the possible impacts of changes in climate and weather upon the planet. Concurrently, the increasing ability to com ...
Mitigation of Ionospheric Threats to GNSS: an Appraisal of the Scientific and Technological Outputs of the TRANSMIT Project

Edited by Riccardo Notarpietro, Fabio Dovis, Giorgiana De Franceschi and Marcio Aquino
ISBN 978-953-51-1642-4,
Monograph
238 pages, July, 2014

TRANSMIT (Training Research and Applications Network to Support the Mitigation of Ionospheric Threats) is an initiative funded by the European Commission through a Marie Curie Initial Training Network. It provided a coordinated program of academic an ...
Climate Variability - Regional and Thematic Patterns

Edited by Aondover Tarhule
ISBN 978-953-51-1187-0,
Edited Volume
216 pages, August, 2013

As societies transition to evidence-based adaptation and management there is increasing recognition of the need for understanding climate change and variability dynamics and impacts at regional levels and for various activities. This book is a contri ...
Topics in Oceanography

Edited by Enrico Zambianchi
ISBN 978-953-51-1179-5,
Edited Volume
166 pages, July, 2013

Oceanography is the par excellence interdisciplinary science thanks to its peculiar setting within a fluid environment that makes connections extremely efficient. The oceans connections are well mirrored in the chapters of this book that share a quit ...
Climate Change and Regional/Local Responses

Edited by Yuanzhi Zhang and Pallav Ray
ISBN 978-953-51-1132-0,
Edited Volume
258 pages, May, 2013

Understanding climate change requires analysis of its effects in specific contexts, and the case studies in this volume offer examples of such issues. Its chapters cover tropical cyclones in East Asia, study of a fossil in Brazil’s Araripe Basi ...
Climate Change - Realities, Impacts Over Ice Cap, Sea Level and Risks

Edited by Bharat Raj Singh
ISBN 978-953-51-0934-1,
Edited Volume
524 pages, January, 2013

The Earth is the only planet in our solar system that supports life. The complex process of evolution occurred on Earth only because of some unique environmental conditions that were present: water, an oxygen-rich atmosphere, and a suitable surface t ...
Advances in Hurricane Research - Modelling, Meteorology, Preparedness and Impacts

Edited by Kieran Hickey
ISBN 978-953-51-0867-2,
Edited Volume
208 pages, December, 2012

This book provides a wealth of new information, ideas and analysis on some of the key unknowns in hurricane research. Topics covered include the numerical prediction systems for tropical cyclone development, the use of remote sensing methods for trop ...
Atmospheric Aerosols - Regional Characteristics - Chemistry and Physics

Edited by Hayder Abdul-Razzak
ISBN 978-953-51-0728-6,
Edited Volume
492 pages, September, 2012

The book is divided into two sections. The first section presents characterization of atmospheric aerosols and their impact on regional climate from East Asia to the Pacific. Ground-based, air-born, and satellite data were collected and analyzed. Det ...

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