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This book highlights the application of nature-based algorithms in natural resource management. The book includes the methodologies to apply what natural flora or fauna do to optimize their survival. The same technique was used to optimize renewable energy generation...
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Springer
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2013-05-23
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The Arctic sea ice is characterized by profound changes caused by surface melting processes and the formation of melt ponds in summer. Melt ponds contribute to the ice-albedo feedback as they reduce the surface albedo of sea ice, and hence accelerate the decay of Arctic...
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Springer
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2013-05-23
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The Red Lake is a natural barrier lake at the foot of the Hasmasu Mare Mountains in the Eastern Carpathian Range in Romania. It was formed when the Bicaz River was blocked by a natural dam resulting from two landslides during an extreme heavy storm in 1837. This book...
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Springer
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2013-05-23
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This book contains the most recent progress in data assimilation in meteorology, oceanography and hydrology including land surface. It spans both theoretical and applicative aspects with various methodologies such as variational, Kalman filter, ensemble, Monte Carlo and...
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Springer
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2013-05-22
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The Periglacial Environment, Third Edition, provides an authoritative overview of the worldâ??s cold, non-glacial environments. Emphasis is placed upon the North American and Eurasian polar lowlands, but examples are also drawn from Antarctica, the Qinghai-Xizang...
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Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-22
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This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology. particular attention is given to the uses of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-05-21
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This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main measurement devices used to measure...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-05-21
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This book includes two parts. The first part is more theoretical and general, and it covers fundamental principles : geospatial climate data measurement ; spatial analysis, mapping and climate ; geographical information, remote sensing and climatology ; and geographical...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-05-13
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For the seventh consecutive year, the AGILE promotes the publication of a book collecting high-level scientific papers from unpublished fundamental scientific research in the field of Geographic Information Science. As the agenda for Europe 2020 is currently being set,...
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Springer
Parution :
2013-05-13
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This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main measurement devices used to measure...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2013-05-13
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Computational Seismology and Geodynamics Series, Volume 8.The American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the Editorial Board of Computational Seismology and Geodynamics (CSG) are happy to present the eighth volume of...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2013-05-08
Collection :
Computational Seismology and Geodynamics
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Cities around the world are striving to be 'global'. This book tells the story of one of them, and in so doing raises questions of identity, place and political responsibility that are essential for all cities. World City focuses its account on London, one of the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2013-05-06
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Offers an introduction in Applied Statistics focusing on some of the statistics of today's society--world wide population growth, economic developments, international trade and energy consumption, global maldistribution of income and absorption of resources, depletion...
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Wiley
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2013-05-06
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Geological Society of London Handbook Series Edited by KeithCox Founded in 1807, theGeological Society of London has beenpublishing since 1845 and now distributes its journal to Fellowsthroughout the world. This Handbook is published as part ofa series of authoritative...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-05-03
Collection :
Geological Society of London Handbook Series
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This introductory textbook introduces the basics of dating, the range of techniques available and the strengths and limitations of each of the principal methods. Coverage includes: the concept of time in Quaternary Science and related fields the history of dating from...
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Wiley
Parution :
2013-04-30
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Volcanoes are essential elements in the delicate global balance of elemental forces that govern both the dynamic evolution of the Earth and the nature of Life itself. Without volcanic activity, life as we know it would not exist on our planet. Although beautiful to...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-26
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The growing potential of GIS for supporting policing and crime reduction is now being recognised by a broader community. GIS can be employed at different levels to support operational policing, tactical crime mapping, detection, and wider-ranging strategic analyses....
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-04-26
Collection :
Mastering GIS: Technol, Applications & Mgmnt
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Magma to Microbe Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 178. Hydrothermal systems at oceanic spreading centers reflect the complex interactions among transport, cooling and crystallization of magma, fluid...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2013-04-25
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 182.This book presents a study of the "eruptive crisis" that took place at the Stromboli volcano from December 2002 to July 2003. It features an integrative approach to the...
Editeur :
American Geophysical Union
Parution :
2013-04-25
Collection :
Geophysical Monograph Series
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Remote sensing stands as the defining technology in our ability to monitor coral reefs, as well as their biophysical properties and associated processes, at regional to global scales. With overwhelming evidence that much of Earth’s reefs are in decline, our need for...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2013-04-18
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