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Author : Roland Stull
Publisher : Sundog Publishing, LLC
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Science
ISBN : 0888652836
A quantitative introduction to atmospheric science for students and professionals who want to understand and apply basic meteorological concepts but who are not ready for calculus.
Author : Asuka Suzuki-Parker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642250286
The thesis work was in two major parts: development and testing of a new approach to detecting and tracking tropical cyclones in climate models; and application of an extreme value statistical approach to enable assessment of changes in weather extremes from climate models. The tracking algorithm applied a creative phase-space approach to differentiate between modeled tropical cyclones and their mid-latitude cousins. A feature here was the careful attention to sensitivity to choice of selection parameters, which is considerable. The major finding was that the changes over time were relatively insensitive to these details. This new approach will improve and add confidence to future assessments of climate impacts on hurricanes. The extremes approach utilized the Generalized Pareto Distribution (one of the standard approaches to statistics of extremes) applied to present and future hurricane distributions as modeled by a regional climate model, then applied the changes to current observations to extract the changes in the extremes. Since climate models cannot resolve these extremes directly, this provides an excellent method of determining weather extremes in general. This is of considerable societal importance as we are most vulnerable to such extremes and knowledge of their changes enables improved planning and adaptation strategies.
Author : Steve N. G. Howell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691142111
A complete illustrated guide to these enigmatic seabirds Petrels, albatrosses, and storm-petrels are among the most beautiful yet least known of all the world's birds, living their lives at sea far from the sight of most people. Largely colored in shades of gray, black, and white, these enigmatic and fast-flying seabirds can be hard to differentiate, particularly from a moving boat. Useful worldwide, not just in North America, this photographic guide is based on unrivaled field experience and combines insightful text and hundreds of full-color images to help you identify these remarkable birds. The first book of its kind, this guide features an introduction that explains ocean habitats and the latest developments in taxonomy. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features such as flight manner, plumage variation related to age and molt, seasonal occurrence patterns, and migration routes. Species accounts are arranged into groups helpful for field identification, and an overview of unique identification challenges is provided for each group. The guide also includes distribution maps for regularly occurring species as well as a bibliography, glossary, and appendixes. The first state-of-the-art photographic guide to these enigmatic seabirds Includes hundreds of full-color photos throughout Features detailed species accounts that describe flight, plumage, distribution, and more Provides overviews of ocean habitats, taxonomy, and conservation Offers tips on how to observe and identify birds at sea
Author : L. Svarovsky,M.T. Thew
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401579810
It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that we introduce this volume which comprises the papers accepted for the 4th International Conference on Hydrocyclones held in Southampton from 23rd to 25th September 1992. As the name implies, this is the fourth Conference in the series, with the previous ones held in Cambridge in 1980, Bath in 1984 and Oxford in 1987. The papers cover a wide span of activities, from fundamental research to advances in industrial practice and, as in the earlier volumes, make a significant contribution of lasting value to the technical literature on hydrocyclones. Hydrocyclones continue to widen their appeal to engineers; besides their traditional role in mineral processing they now attract a lot of attention in chemical engineering, the oil and gas industry, power generation, the food industry, textiles, metal working, waste water treatment, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and other industries. The reason for this continuously increasing attention is, as David Parkinson (General Manager of Conoco (UK)) said recently, that" ... a hydrocyclone is an engineering dream, a machine with no moving parts." Yet as this Volume clearly shows, the hydrocyclone can do so many things and do them well, whether the application is in solid-liquid, liquid-liquid or liquid-gas separation.
Author : Pao-Shin Chu,Hiroyuki Murakami
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108480215
A comprehensive summary of tropical cyclone variability at time scales from intraseasonal and interannual to interdecadal and centennial. Major climate oscillations (Madden-Julian, El Niño, Atlantic Meridional Mode and Pacific Decadal) are covered, and their impacts on tropical cyclone activity in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans are discussed.
Author : M. Mohapatra,B.K. Bandyopadhyay,L.S. Rathore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319405766
This book deals primarily with understanding, monitoring and prediction of Tropical Cyclones (TCs) over the North Indian Ocean (NIO). There is special emphasis on TC genesis, intensification, movement and associated adverse weather like heavy rainfall and gale winds. It highlights the current state of research on TCs over the NIO and recent improvements in early warning systems due to advances in observational, analytical and numerical weather prediction techniques. The chapters in the book are authored by leading experts from research and operational environments.The chapters presented in the book intend to stimulate thinking and hence further research in the field of TCs, especially over the NIO region. They provide high quality reference material for all experts working in the field of TC related disaster management. This book is relevant to TC forecasters and researchers, managers, policy makers, graduate and undergraduate students.
Author : Miguel Mera
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781461701569
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America. For the film, composer Mychael Danna created one of the most distinctive scores of the 1990s, one that constantly challenges perceptions of the form and function of film music. In Mychael Danna's The Ice Storm: A Film Score Guide, Miguel Mera explores the music and sound Danna uses in his score, investigating the narrative, structural, and aesthetic themes of the film and illustrating the techniques and stylistic features central to Danna's music. Mera carefully examines the collaborative processes that influenced the score's development, describing the significance of the composer's relationships with the director, producer, editor, orchestrator, and sound designers to the evolution of the score and demonstrating how the politics of filmmaking interact with creativity. This seventh volume in Scarecrow's Film Score Guide series also includes a biography of Danna and a complete analysis of the full soundtrack considering the sound design, pre-existent pop songs, and the specifically arranged song by David Bowie in conjunction with Danna's fascinating score, making this essential reading for film music scholars and students.
Author : James B. Elsner,Thomas H. Jagger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199324064
Hurricanes are nature's most destructive storms and they are becoming more powerful as the globe warms. Hurricane Climatology explains how to analyze and model hurricane data to better understand and predict present and future hurricane activity. It uses the open-source and now widely used R software for statistical computing to create a tutorial-style manual for independent study, review, and reference. The text is written around the code that when copied will reproduce the graphs, tables, and maps. The approach is different from other books that use R. It focuses on a single topic and explains how to make use of R to better understand the topic. The book is organized into two parts, the first of which provides material on software, statistics, and data. The second part presents methods and models used in hurricane climate research.
Author : Alex C. Hoffmann,Louis E. Stein
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783540746966
Believed to be a publishing first when originally brought out, this book covers all aspects of centrifugal gas cleaning devices. These are cyclones used as gas-solid separators for dedusting and as gas-liquid separators for demisting. The optimization of cyclone performance for any given task is a sought-after goal – but it is one that is seldom achieved in practice. This second edition will help mechanical and chemical engineers to achieve this optimization.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814465823
Author : Anthony Lupo
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789535127024
Today, tropical cyclones continue to bring destruction, as well as disruption, to societies that are exposed to their threat. This book represents a compilation of recent cutting-edge research on tropical cyclones and their impacts from researchers at many institutions around the world. This book contains new looks at tropical cyclone dynamics, the use of satellite-based remote sensing in the detection and climatology of tropical cyclones, and the modeling and prediction of tropical cyclones as well as their associated impacts. This book would make a nice addition to any course on tropical meteorology highlighting topics of interest in recent research on this topic.
Author : Randy Q. Cron,Edward M. Behrens
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030220945
Cytokine Storm Syndromes, including HLH and MAS, are frequently fatal disorders, particularly if not recognized early and treated during presentation. The genetics of Cytokine Storm Syndromes are being defined with many of the risk alleles giving rise to mutations in the perforin-mediated cytolytic pathway used by CD8 cytotoxic T cells and natural killer cells. These are being studied using murine models. Up to 10% of the general population may carry risk alleles for developing Cytokine Storm Syndromes, and Cytokine Storm Syndromes are being increasingly recognized around the world in pediatric and adult hospitals. A variety of infectious, rheumatic, and oncologic triggers are commonly associated with Cytokine Storm Syndromes, but understanding this disorder is critical for all researchers and physicians to ensure timely and appropriate therapy. This textbook, the first of its kind, addresses all aspects of the disorder – from genetics, pathophysiology, and ongoing research, to clinical presentations, risk factors, and treatment.
Author : Jakob Bjerknes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0267967209
Excerpt from On the Structure of Moving Cyclones Otherwise these results verify certain traits in various older theories of cyclones, while they disprove other traits in them. We are reminded both of Dove's old theory of the conflict between polar and equatorial currents as well as of the modern counter current theory Ferrel's convectional theory is confirmed in its essential part in as much asithe ascending air in the cyclone is warm, only that this warm air does not form a central core, but comes from the side, at the ground covering a warm sector. The general argument against the theory of Ferrel, that statistical investigations have proved a circular area round the centre of the cyclone to be cold rather than warm, does not disprove the principal point, that the ascending air is warm, but only the acci dental assumption of the symmetrical structure of the cyclone. The confusion concerning this point led to the paradoxical assumption that the mounting air in cyclones is cold and heavy. As under conditions theoretically specified by a symmetrical ey clone can really act as a kind of centrifugal pump, lifting the cold air of its central core, this assumption contains no intrinsic contradiction, but can now simply be dropped. -while thus an unnecessary element of v'. Hann's driven Eddy theory has to be left out, the general view of this theory, that the cyclones are merely partial phases of the general atmospheric circulation, has been fully confirmed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Peter A. Emanuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biosensors
ISBN : UCSD:31822036119451
Guide for selection of detection devices and systems.
Author : Md. Nazrul Islam,André van Amstel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030719500
This volume aims to develop a framework for disaster and climate risk resilient livelihood system in Bangladesh using a policy oriented approach. It highlights the possible impacts of climate change on groundwater based irrigation in the country. Climate change is one of biggest challenges to society. It can lead to serious impacts on production, life and environment on a global scale. Higher temperatures and sea level rise will cause flooding and water salinity problems which will bring about negative effects on agriculture and high risks to industry and socio-economic systems in the future. Climate change will lead to many changes in global development and security especially energy, water, food, society, job, diplomacy, culture, economy and trade. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate change as: “Any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity.” Global climate change has emerged as a key issue in both political and economic arenas. It is an increasingly questioned phenomenon, and progressive national governments around the world have started taking action to respond to these environmental concerns.
