Adaptive Atmospheric Modeling

Adaptive Atmospheric Modeling
Author: Jörn Behrens
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2007-06-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540333835

This is an overview of the development of adaptive techniques for atmospheric modeling. Written in an educational style, it functions as a starting point for readers interested in adaptive modeling, in atmospheric sciences and beyond. Coverage includes paradigms of adaptive techniques, such as error estimation and adaptation criteria. Mesh generation methods are presented for triangular/tetrahedral and quadrilateral/hexahedral meshes, with a special section on initial meshes for the sphere.

Climate Change Modeling, Mitigation, and Adaptation

Climate Change Modeling, Mitigation, and Adaptation
Author: Rao Y. Surampalli
Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2013
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780784412718

This title contains 25 invited chapters that present the most current thinking on the environmental mechanisms contributing to global climate change and explore scientifically grounded steps to reduce the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Climate Change and Adaptive Innovation

Climate Change and Adaptive Innovation
Author: Sunil D. Santha
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2020-03-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0429515146

The world is witnessing climate change. As responsible citizens of planet earth, we can actively participate in the co-creation of actionable knowledge and solutions. There may not be a single and linear pathway to adaptation anymore. This book explores multiple and iterative pathways of adapting to climate change and its impacts. Climate Change and Adaptive Innovation introduces an adaptive innovation model that has its premise on core values of justice, care and solidarity. Navigating collectively through shared conversations and dialogic processes, this model showcases how we could embark on an enduring journey where diverse actors could collaboratively make informed choices and take necessary actions to enhance the safety and security of their lived environment. Rooted in action research, it is envisaged that this model could enable us to facilitate the designing and implementation of people-centred ethical adaptation projects. This book will be of interest to social workers, social scientists and development practitioners who are engaged in the field of climate justice, adaptation, social innovation and sustainable livelihoods. Social work educators and students will certainly draw inspiration from the stories that are shared in this book. It will further motivate many transdisciplinary professionals to engage with action research as a method of innovation, reflection and practice

A First Course in Atmospheric Numerical Modeling

A First Course in Atmospheric Numerical Modeling
Author: Alex Joseph DeCaria
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Atmospheric models
ISBN: 9780972903349

This book is written for advanced undergraduates and graduates in atmospheric science. It introduces students to the essentials of finite-difference methods, numerical stability, spectral methods, data assimilation and initialization, boundary conditions, and parameterization of subgrid-scale phenomenon. It also covers more advanced topics such as finite-volume methods, semi-Lagrangian and semi-implicit schemes, and chemical transport modeling. Practical programming and written exercises are included.

Atmospheric Modeling

Atmospheric Modeling
Author: David P. Chock
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002-07-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780387954974

This volume contains refereed papers submitted by international experts who participated in the Atmospheric Modeling workshop March 15 -19, 2000 at the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA) at the University of Minnesota. The papers cover a wide range of topics presented in the workshop. In particular, mathematical topics include a performance comparison of operator-splitting and non- splitting methods, time-stepping methods to preserve positivity and consideration of multiple timescale issues in the modeling of atmospheric chemistry, a fully 3D adaptive-grid method, impact of rid resolution on model predictions, testing the robustness of different flow fields, modeling and numerical methods in four-dimensional variational data assimilation, and parallel computing. Modeling topics include the development of an efficient self-contained global circulation-chemistry-transport model and its applications, the development of a modal aerosol model, and the modeling of the emissions and chemistry of monoterpenes that lead to the formation of secondary organic aerosols. The volume provides an excellent cross section of current research activities in atmospheric modeling.

Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity And Development

Climate Change, Adaptive Capacity And Development
Author: Saleemul Huq
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2003-08-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1783260912

The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has presented strong evidence that human-induced climate change is occurring and that all countries of the world will be affected and need to adapt to impacts. The IPCC points out that many developing countries are particularly vulnerable because of their relatively low adaptive capacity. Therefore it is seen as a development priority to help these countries enhance their adaptive capacity to climate change.The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Stratus Consulting organized a workshop in the fall of 2001 to develop an agenda for research on how best to enhance the capacity of developing countries to adapt to climate change. This research agenda is relevant for governments and institutions that wish to support developing countries in adapting to climate change. The workshop brought together experts from developing and industrialized countries, non-governmental organizations, and multilateral and bilateral donor organizations to discuss a number of important topics related to adaptation, adaptive capacity and sustainable development. A dozen papers were commissioned to cover these topics, both from a theoretical perspective and in the form of national case studies. The papers form the basis for this important book, which presents the latest interdisciplinary knowledge about the nature and components of adaptive capacity and how it may be strengthened./a

Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Author: Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre: Building, Stormproof
ISBN: 9781523125821

Abstract: Prepared by the Committee on Adaptation to a Changing Climate of ASCE Civil infrastructure systems traditionally have been designed for appropriate functionality, durability, and safety for climate and weather extremes during their full-service lives; however, climate scientists inform us that the extremes of climate and weather have altered from historical values in ways difficult to predict or project. Climate-Resilient Infrastructure: Adaptive Design and Risk Management, MOP 140, provides guidance for and contributes to the developing or enhancing of methods for infrastructure analysis and design in a world in which risk profiles are changing and can be projected with varying degrees of uncertainty requiring a new design philosophy to meet this challenge. The underlying approaches in this manual of practice (MOP) are based on probabilistic methods for quantitative risk analysis, and the design framework provided focuses on identifying and analyzing low-regret, adaptive strategies to make a project more resilient. Beginning with an overview of the driving forces and hazards associated with a changing climate, subsequent chapters in MOP 140 provide observational methods, illustrative examples, and case studies; estimation of extreme events particularly related to precipitation with guidance on monitoring and measuring methods; flood design criteria and the development of project design flood elevations; computational methods of determining flood loads; adaptive design and adaptive risk management in the context of life-cycle engineering and economics; and climate resilience technologies. MOP 140 will be of interest to engineers, researchers, planners, and other stakeholders charged with adaptive design decisions to achieve infrastructure resilience targets while minimizing life-cycle costs in a changing climate

Adaptive Beaming and Imaging in the Turbulent Atmosphere

Adaptive Beaming and Imaging in the Turbulent Atmosphere
Author: Vladimir Petrovich Lukin
Publisher: SPIE Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2002
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780819443373

Due to the wide application of adaptive optical systems, an understanding of optical wave propagation in randomly inhomogeneous media has become essential, and several numerical models of individual AOS components and of efficient correction algorithms have been developed. This monograph contains detailed descriptions of the mathematical experiments that were designed and carried out during more than a decade's worth of research.

Climate Change Modelling for Local Adaptation in the Hindu Kush - Himalayan Region

Climate Change Modelling for Local Adaptation in the Hindu Kush - Himalayan Region
Author: Armando Lamadrid
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2012-06-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1780524870

This book presents a portrait of the social advantages and limitations of climate change related modeling in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. It addresses the implied but largely uncritiqued relationships between scientific modeling knowledge and local adaptation responses. It also presents theoretical perspectives on modeling and adaptation,