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- Climate Change - Socioeconomic Effects
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Juan Blanco and Houshang Kheradmand
ISBN 978-953-307-411-5
454 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 4200
- This book shows some of the socio-economic impacts of climate change according to different estimates of the current or estimated global warming. A series of scientific and experimental research projects explore the impacts of climate change and brow ...
- Advances in Modern Cosmology
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- Editor
Adnan Ghribi
ISBN 978-953-307-423-8
198 pages, August, 2011
Downloads: 3546
- The twentieth century elevated our understanding of the Universe from its early stages to what it is today and what is to become of it. Cosmology is the weapon that utilizes all the scientific tools that we have created to feel less lost in the immen ...
- Climate Change - Realities, Impacts Over Ice Cap, Sea Level and Risks
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Bharat Raj Singh
ISBN 978-953-51-0934-1
508 pages, January, 2013
Downloads: 568
- 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 ...
- Climate Models
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Leonard M. Druyan
ISBN 978-953-51-0135-2
336 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1718
- Climate Models offers a sampling of cutting edge research contributed by an international roster of scientists. The studies strive to improve our understanding of the physical environment for life on this planet. Each of the 14 essays presents a desc ...
- Air Pollution
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Vanda Villanyi
ISBN 978-953-307-143-5
370 pages, August, 2010
Downloads: 3858
- Although the climate of the Earth is continually changing from the very beginning, anthropogenic effects, the pollution of the air by combustion and industrial activities make it change so quickly that the adaptation is very difficult for all living ...
- Air Quality
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Ashok Kumar
ISBN 978-953-307-131-2
382 pages, August, 2010
Downloads: 3798
- Air pollution is about five decades or so old field and continues to be a global concern. Therefore, the governments around the world are involved in managing air quality in their countries for the welfare of their citizens. The management of air pol ...
- Aspects of Today's Cosmology
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Antonio Alfonso-Faus
ISBN 978-953-307-626-3
396 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 2288
- This book presents some aspects of the cosmological scientific odyssey that started last century. The chapters vary with different particular works, giving a versatile picture. It is the result of the work of many scientists in the field of cosmology ...
- Climate Change - Geophysical Foundations and Ecological Effects
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Juan Blanco and Houshang Kheradmand
ISBN 978-953-307-419-1
520 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 2208
- This book offers an interdisciplinary view of the biophysical issues related to climate change. Climate change is a phenomenon by which the long-term averages of weather events (i.e. temperature, precipitation, wind speed, etc.) that define the clima ...
- Climate Change - Research and Technology for Adaptation and Mitigation
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Juan Blanco and Houshang Kheradmand
ISBN 978-953-307-621-8
488 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 2204
- This book provides an interdisciplinary view of how to prepare the ecological and socio-economic systems to the reality of climate change. Scientifically sound tools are needed to predict its effects on regional, rather than global, scales, as it is ...
- Global Warming
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Stuart Arthur Harris
ISBN 978-953-307-149-7
250 pages, September, 2010
Downloads: 3224
- This book is intended to introduce the reader to examples of the range of practical problems posed by "Global Warming". It includes 11 chapters split into 5 sections. Section 1 outlines the recent changes in the Indian Monsoon, the importance of gree ...
- Oceanography
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Marco Marcelli
ISBN 978-953-51-0301-1
348 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1376
- How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean (Arthur C. Clarke). Life has been originated in the oceans, human health and activities depend from the oceans and the world life is modulated by marine and oceanic processes. ...
- Bathymetry and Its Applications
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Philippe Blondel
ISBN 978-953-307-959-2
148 pages, January, 2012
Downloads: 1544
- Bathymetry is the only way to explore, measure and manage the large portion of the Earth covered with water. This book ,presents some of the latest developments in bathymetry, using acoustic, electromagnetic and radar sensors, and in its applications ...
- The Impact of Air Pollution on Health, Economy, Environment and Agricultural Sources
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Mohamed K. Khallaf
ISBN 978-953-307-528-0
444 pages, September, 2011
Downloads: 1819
- This book aims to strengthen the knowledge base dealing with Air Pollution. The book consists of 21 chapters dealing with Air Pollution and its effects in the fields of Health, Environment, Economy and Agricultural Sources. It is divided into four se ...
- Chemistry, Emission Control, Radioactive Pollution and Indoor Air Quality
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Nicolas Mazzeo
ISBN 978-953-307-316-3
680 pages, July, 2011
Downloads: 1937
- The atmosphere may be our most precious resource. Accordingly, the balance between its use and protection is a high priority for our civilization. While many of us would consider air pollution to be an issue that the modern world has resolved to a gr ...
- Global Warming Impacts - Case Studies on the Economy, Human Health, and on Urban and Natural Environments
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Stefano Casalegno
ISBN 978-953-307-785-7
290 pages, October, 2011
Downloads: 1721
- This book addresses the theme of the impacts of global warming on different specific fields, ranging from the regional and global economy, to agriculture, human health, urban areas, land vegetation, marine areas and mangroves. Despite the volume of s ...
- Modern Climatology
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Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang and Robert R. Gillies
ISBN 978-953-51-0095-9
398 pages, March, 2012
Downloads: 1261
- Climatology, the study of climate, is no longer regarded as a single discipline that treats climate as something that fluctuates only within the unchanging boundaries described by historical statistics. The field has recognized that climate is someth ...
- Air Quality-Models and Applications
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Nicolas Mazzeo
ISBN 978-953-307-307-1
364 pages, July, 2011
Downloads: 1880
- Air pollution has been a major transboundary problem and a matter of global concern for decades. High concentrations of different air pollutants are particularly harmful to large cities residents, where numerous anthropogenic activities strongly infl ...
- Atmospheric Aerosols - Regional Characteristics - Chemistry and Physics
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Hayder Abdul-Razzak
ISBN 978-953-51-0728-6
480 pages, September, 2012
Downloads: 681
- 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 ...
- Open Questions in Cosmology
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Gonzalo J. Olmo
ISBN 978-953-51-0880-1
334 pages, November, 2012
Downloads: 500
- In the last years we have witnessed how the field of Cosmology has experienced a metamorphosis. From being essentially the search for three numbers (the expansion rate, the deceleration parameter, and the cosmological constant), it has become a preci ...
- Atmospheric Model Applications
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Ismail Yucel
ISBN 978-953-51-0488-9
296 pages, April, 2012
Downloads: 1016
- This book covers comprehensive text and reference work on atmospheric models for methods of numerical modeling and important related areas of data assimilation and predictability. It incorporates various aspects of environmental computer modeling inc ...