FRIEND 2002

FRIEND 2002
Author: Henny A. J. van Lanen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2002
Genre: Hydrology
ISBN: 9781901502817

Fourth international conference on FRIEND, Cape Town, March 2002.

Global Warming - Myth or Reality?

Global Warming - Myth or Reality?
Author: Marcel Leroux
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 523
Release: 2006-08-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3540281002

This book seeks to separate fact from fiction in the global-warming debate. The author begins by describing the history of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and many other conferences, and their dire predictions on global temperatures, rainfall, weather and climate, while highlighting confusion and sensationalism media reports. He then lays out the "heretical" scientific case of the sizable skeptical scientific community who challenge the accepted wisdom.

Tropical Hydrology

Tropical Hydrology
Author: World Meteorological Organization
Publisher: Secretariat to World Meteorological Organization
Total Pages: 92
Release: 1987
Genre: Hydrology
ISBN:

Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets

Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets
Author: Stephen J. Mackwell
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 709
Release: 2014-01-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0816530599

"Through the contributions of more than sixty leading experts in the field, Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets sets forth the foundations for this emerging new science and brings the reader to the forefront of our current understanding of atmospheric formation and climate evolution"--Provided by publisher.

The Exo-Weather Report

The Exo-Weather Report
Author: David S. Stevenson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319256793

David Stevenson’s new book links the meteorology of the Earth to that of other planets, stars, and clusters of galaxies, showing the similarities and differences between terrestrial weather and that of weather on other worlds. Because Earth is not unique in having weather, there is much to learn from other planets with atmospheres that show the movement of energy from hotter to colder areas. The weather seen on Earth and other known planetary systems are examined to elaborate the connection between climate and the development of life. The weather on Earth and other Solar System planets is a manifestation of the huge energy budget imparted by our star, the Sun, but weather doesn’t stop at the shores of our Solar System. The author brings together the latest information from satellites and probes, such as Cassini and Hubble, to show its larger place in the astronomical picture. Inferences are drawn about the weather and climate of a large number of other planetary systems that lie far from our own. Additionally, the author expands our understanding of what exactly weather is comprised of by exploring the kind of “weather” experienced on the largest observable scales in the universe.

The Climate Near the Ground

The Climate Near the Ground
Author: Rudolf Geiger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2009
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780742555600

This revised and updated edition of Rudolf Geiger's classic text provides a clear and vivid description of the surface microclimate, its physical basis, and its interactions with the biosphere. The book explains the principles of microclimatology and illustrates how they apply to a wide array of subfields. Those new to the field will find it especially valuable as a guide to understanding and quantifying the vast and ever-increasing literature on the subject. Designed as an introductory text for students in environmental science, this book will also be an essential reference for scientists seeking a clear understanding of the nature and physical basis of the climate near the ground, and its interactions with the biosphere.

Climate and Weather in the Tropics

Climate and Weather in the Tropics
Author: Herbert Riehl
Publisher:
Total Pages: 634
Release: 1979
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

Wind systems of the tropics. Radiation temperature and humidity. Precipitation and evaporation. Vertical energy transfer. The trade wind inversion. Diurnal and local controle. Weather observation and analyses. Synoptic scale weather systems. Tropical cyclones structure and mechanics. Tropical cyclones formation and movement. Numerical hurricane prediction by Ferdinand Baer. The general circulation.

Habitable Planets for Man

Habitable Planets for Man
Author: Stephen H. Dole
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780833042279

Habitable Planets for Man examines and estimates the probabilities of finding planets habitable to man, where they might be found, and the number there may be in our own galaxy. The author presents in detail the characteristics of a planet that can provide an acceptable environment for humankind, itemizes the stars nearest the earth most likely to possess habitable planets, and discusses how to search for habitable planets. Interestingly for our time, he also gives an appraisal of the earth as a planet and describes how its habitability would be changed if some of its basic properties were altered. This is a reprint of an edition originally published in 1964.

Climate: Present, Past and Future (Routledge Revivals)

Climate: Present, Past and Future (Routledge Revivals)
Author: H. H. Lamb
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 879
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1136639691

First published in 1977, the second volume of Climate: Present, Past and Future covers parts 3 and 4 of Professor Hubert Lamb’s seminal and pioneering study of climatology. Part 3 provides a survey of evidence of types of climates over the last million years, and of methods of dating that evidence. Through the earlier stages of the Earth’s development the book traces what is known of the various geographies presented by the drifting continents and indicates what can be learnt about climatic regimes and the causes of climatic change. From the last ice age to the present our knowledge of the succession of climates is summarized, indicating prevailing temperatures, rainfalls, wind and ocean current patterns where possible. Part 4 considers events during the fifteen years prior to the book’s initial publication, leading on to the problems of estimating the most probable future course of climatic development, and the influence of Man’s activities on climate. Alongside the reissue of volume 1, this Routledge Revival will be essential reading for anyone interested in both the causes and workings of climate and in the history of climatology itself.