This leading dictionary - now in its fourth edition - offers wide-ranging and authoritative coverage of the earth sciences and related topics in over 7,500 clear and accessible entries. Coverage inclu ... Read more
Eric Blayo; Marc Bocquet; Emmanuel Cosme; Leticia F. Cugliandolo
Pages
608 Pages
Format
Hardcover
Size
186 x 254 mm
Pub date
Nov 2014
Series
Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School
Data assimilation aims at determining as accurately as possible the state of a dynamical system by combining heterogeneous sources of information in an optimal way. Generally speaking, the mathematica ... Read more
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This book is an introductory text to a range of numerical methods used today to simulate time-dependent processes in Earth science, physics, engineering, and many other fields. The physical problem of ... Read more
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This book is an introductory text to a range of numerical methods used today to simulate time-dependent processes in Earth science, physics, engineering, and many other fields. The physical problem of ... Read more
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Offers an uncomfortable truth, that the majority of 'natural disasters' are created or exacerbated by human choices
Explores how we can and should act to stop people dying when nature unleashes i ... Read more
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Introduces Earth System Science as an important and growing interdisciplinary area of research
Traces how Earth System Science has emerged as a field in its own right since the 1960s alongside co ... Read more
Includes examples from a variety of forests, including boreal and tropical rainforests
Explores the history and culture of human-forest interactions
Separates fact from myth about the goods and ... Read more
Learning to draw field sketches is an essential task for geologists, however it is often overlooked. This book presents simple techniques, useful tips and detailed examples to teach geologists how to ... Read more
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Introduces the important field of geophysics, covering seismology, volcanism, plate tectonics, gravitational anomalies, and the Earth's changing magnetic field as captured in rocks
Discusses how ... Read more
Michel J. Kaiser; Martin J. Attrill; Simon Jennings; David N. Thomas; David K. A. Barnes; Jan G. Hiddink; Andrew S. Brierley; Hermanni Kaartokallio; Nicholas V. C. Polunin; David G. Raffaelli
Pub date
Jul 2011
Places key concepts and issues from a diverse range of marine systems in a real world context
Carefully structured into well-defined, logical sections to facilitate ease and flexibility of use
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