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Applied Climatology: Principles and Practice
ISBN: 9780415141017 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and human losses, highlight the vulnerability of society to changes in the atmosphere. Atmospheric pollution, urbanization, natural atmospheric disasters are causing dramatic changes in climatic environments.
Applied Climatology examines the effects of climate on physical, biological and cultural environments. Specialist contributors from Europe, North America and Australasia examine the impacts of changing climates on the functioning and... 'Big freeze' conditions, storms, severe flooding, droughts, and heatwaves - recent extremes in weather, with their resultant physical, economic and hu...
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398,58 zł |
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The Great Ice Age : Climate Change and Life
ISBN: 9780415198417 / Angielski / Twarda / 267 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great Ice Age is also our age. The four and a half billion year evolution of the Earth and its biota culminated in the appearance of a life form capable of studying and manipulating the planetary systems. With human consciousness focusing as never before on the world around us, we are now beginning to realize the enormity of the global experiment we are conducting as the conscious forcing function in the evolution of the Earth System. This text documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past 2.6 million years, outlining the...
The Great Ice Age is also our age. The four and a half billion year evolution of the Earth and its biota culminated in the appearance of a life form c...
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957,75 zł |
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Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite: A New Operational Cloud Imager
ISBN: 9780415321297 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is the next-generation multispectral imaging instrument to fly on US operational, polar-orbiting meteorological satellites. VIIRS will gather data across 22 spectral bands and be used to create products for a variety of applications including weather forecasting and climate change studies. VIIRS consolidates the best features of heritage instruments, including near-constant resolution and nighttime visible imagery. Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite: A New Operational Cloud Imager provides the first comprehensive...
The Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is the next-generation multispectral imaging instrument to fly on US operational, polar-orbiting ...
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957,75 zł |
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Climate : Past, Present and Future
ISBN: 9780416115307 / Angielski / Twarda / 613 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A comprehensive study of climate, its fundamentals, its history, the recent effects of urban growth and the problems of forecasting.
A comprehensive study of climate, its fundamentals, its history, the recent effects of urban growth and the problems of forecasting.
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1009,52 zł |
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Microclimate: The Biological Environment
ISBN: 9780471060666 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An up-to-date and much enlarged edition of this text on the microclimate, emphasizing its effect on plants, animals, and humans. Provides a basis for understanding environmental biophysics, then covers the prediction, manipulation, and management of the climate near the ground.
An up-to-date and much enlarged edition of this text on the microclimate, emphasizing its effect on plants, animals, and humans. Provides a basis for ...
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1917,95 zł |
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Climates of the Southern Continents: Present, Past and Future
ISBN: 9780471949268 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book fills a significant gap in the climatological literature; comprehensive assessment of the climates of the southern hemisphere. It is the first book of its type to provide a consolidated view of the climates of southern Africa, Australia, South America and Antarctica, addressing past and future climates as well as those in the present.
This book fills a significant gap in the climatological literature; comprehensive assessment of the climates of the southern hemisphere. It is the fir...
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1046,03 zł |
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Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change
ISBN: 9780471984658 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change presents the most recent advances in the study of global changes in the hydrological regime during the last 20000 years. The book brings together new contributions; on regional palaeohydrology with case studies from all over the world; and on new methodologies and techniques used on palaeohydrological reconstructions. There are several key points that make this book an essential review to the international scientific community:
* The major emphasis is on areas very sensitive to climate changes such as the Mediterranean, Tundra regions and the... Palaeohydrology and Environmental Change presents the most recent advances in the study of global changes in the hydrological regime during the last 2...
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1574,63 zł |
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Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather
ISBN: 9780486433851 / Angielski / Miękka / 89 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, landscape painter, weather forecaster, and authority on early American history, Sloane takes readers with him on a voyage of discovery as he traces a single air mass from the Canadian Rockies to northern New England. A vivid narrative and the author's own pen-and-ink sketches describe the progress of the air mass over America, and tell about its encounters with other elements of weather systems and with Americans from a variety of backgrounds.
A delightful blend of serious meteorology and beautiful illustrations, this informative book displays the many talents of Eric Sloane. A writer, lands...
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55,88 zł |
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book
ISBN: 9780486443577 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of the weather." The Nation
In simple language, Eric Sloane explains the whys and wherefores of weather and weather forecasting and does it in a style that's universally appealing. With humor and common sense shining through in a book that's also lively and informative, Sloane shows readers how to predict the weather by "reading" such natural phenomena as winds, skies, and animal sounds. This beautifully illustrated and practical... "Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of ...
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47,25 zł |
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Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region: Volume 63
ISBN: 9780520229907 / Angielski / Miękka / 115 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Possibly no comparable area on earth displays as many varieties of weather simultaneously as the San Francisco Bay Region. Harold Gilliam explains the atmospheric forces and geologic formations that come together in this region's unique confluence of wind, river, ocean, bay, and hills. The fully revised and updated edition of this best-selling book incorporates the latest scientific information--much of it gathered from satellite technology--that has greatly improved our understanding of the weather in the years since the book was first published. Writing in a delightfully engaging style,...
Possibly no comparable area on earth displays as many varieties of weather simultaneously as the San Francisco Bay Region. Harold Gilliam explains the...
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81,33 zł |
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Climate Modes of the Phanerozoic
ISBN: 9780521021944 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The evolution of the Earth's climate throughout the past 600 million years is examined by assessing the most up-to-date information on the warm and cold states of the Earth's past climates. These studies help determine the major mechanisms of climate change on a geological time scale.
The evolution of the Earth's climate throughout the past 600 million years is examined by assessing the most up-to-date information on the warm and co...
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318,35 zł |
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Sea Breeze and Local Winds
ISBN: 9780521025959 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first of its kind, this book reviews how radar, lidar, and satellite photography have helped meteorologists to forecast and map sea breeze and the all-important sea-breeze front. It includes a discussion of simple theoretical models of sea breeze and descriptions of laboratory experiments used to support these models.
The first of its kind, this book reviews how radar, lidar, and satellite photography have helped meteorologists to forecast and map sea breeze and the...
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415,92 zł |
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Confronting Climate Change: Risks, Implications and Responses
ISBN: 9780521421096 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, which was published in time for the Earth Summit in Brazil in June 1992, is likely to make a huge impact on the political and economic agendas of international policy makers. It summarizes the scientific findings of Working Group I of the IPCC in the first part of the book. While acknowledging the uncertainties in subsequent chapters, it challenges and expands upon the existing views on how we should tackle the problems of climate change.
This book, which was published in time for the Earth Summit in Brazil in June 1992, is likely to make a huge impact on the political and economic agen...
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295,62 zł |
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Climate Changes During the Holocene and Their Impact on Hydrological Systems
ISBN: 9780521607735 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing higher global temperatures. This volume provides a comprehensive review of the effects of climate variability on hydrological and human systems in the Holocene (the last 10,000 years). The book concentrates on the regions bordering the Mediterranean Sea, western and central Europe, China, Japan, West and South Africa and southwestern U.S.A. It is intended for researchers and professionals in hydrology, climatology, geology and historical geography.
It is now widely accepted that increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing higher global temperatures. This volume pro...
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328,62 zł |
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Contemporary Climatology
ISBN: 9780582276314 / Angielski / Miękka / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A guide to the nature of the earth's climate. The text presents a synthesis of contemporary scientific ideas about atmospheric circulation, providing the basic factual information and suggesting ways in which this information can be used.
A guide to the nature of the earth's climate. The text presents a synthesis of contemporary scientific ideas about atmospheric circulation, providing ...
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439,99 zł |
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Weird, Wild & Unpredictable: An Illustrated History of East Tennessee Weather
ISBN: 9780595341368 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Did you know?
Knoxville used to get enough snow to host a sleigh carnival On one day over two dozen tornadoes tore through the eastern half of Tennessee Temperatures have reached 106oF in East Tennessee Winters used to be cold enough to freeze the Tennessee River from one side to the other several inches thick From being buried under a blanket of snow to gazing on dazzling displays of fall color on a clear autumn day, the variety of weather experienced in East Tennessee makes living in this beautiful slice of America even more interesting. Each day holds its weather oddities and... Did you know?
Knoxville used to get enough snow to host a sleigh carnival On one day over two dozen tornadoes tore through the eastern half of Te... |
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47,25 zł |
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Our Affair with El Niño: How We Transformed an Enchanting Peruvian Current Into a Global Climate Hazard
ISBN: 9780691126227 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Until 1997, few people had heard of the seasonal current that Peruvians nicknamed El Nino. But when meteorologists linked it to devastating floods in California, severe droughts in Indonesia, and strange weather everywhere, its name became entrenched in the common parlance faster than a typhoon making landfall. Bumper stickers appeared bearing the phrase "Don't blame me; blame El Nino." Stockbrokers muttered "El Nino" when the market became erratic. What's behind this fascinating natural phenomenon, and how did our perceptions of it change? In this captivating book, renowned... Until 1997, few people had heard of the seasonal current that Peruvians nicknamed El Nino. But when meteorologists linked it to devastating floods ... |
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190,73 zł |
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The Heat Is On: The Climate Crisis, the Cover-Up, the Prescription
ISBN: 9780738200255 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book not only brings home the imminence of climate change but also examines the campaign of deception by big coal and big oil that is keeping the issue off the public agenda. It examines the various arenas in which the battle for control of the issue is being fought--a battle with surprising political alliances and relentless obstructionism. The story provides an ominous foretaste of the gathering threat of political chaos and totalitarianism. And it concludes by outlining a transistion to the future that contains, at least, the possibility of continuity for our organized civilization,...
This book not only brings home the imminence of climate change but also examines the campaign of deception by big coal and big oil that is keeping the...
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139,16 zł |
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Weather: How It Works and Why It Matters
ISBN: 9780738205212 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scientists have delved deep into the smallest particles of matter and have extended their view to the far reaches of the universe, but still they are unable to predict the temperature five days hence. In this intriguing book, two experts in meteorology and astronomy take us on a grand tour of Earth's weather. Amid colorful anecdotes of the Galapagos, Siberia, and places closer to home, they describe the factors involved in shaping our weather, from humidity and prevailing winds to air-pressure systems and the causes of seasonal change. They also explore the history of Earth's climate and its...
Scientists have delved deep into the smallest particles of matter and have extended their view to the far reaches of the universe, but still they are ...
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127,07 zł |
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Climate and Geo-Sciences: A Challenge for Science and Society in the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780792304043 / Angielski / Twarda / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It has been widely recognized recently that in order to make scientific progress on large and important problems (eg, carbon dioxide effects on climate, viability of various sites for nuclear waste disposal etc.), it is necessary to integrate knowledge from wide ranging sets of disciplines. This is certainly true in the climate sciences, for progress in understanding the cause of the ice ages or the effects of industrial pollution on the future climate or even the likelihood of severe climatic consequences in the aftermath of nuclear war. All require state-of -the -art input from many...
It has been widely recognized recently that in order to make scientific progress on large and important problems (eg, carbon dioxide effects on climat...
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767,51 zł |
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