Author : Mary Robinson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780472095872
A voice from the margins that refuses to be silenced
Author : David M. Miller
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 573 pages
File Size : 34,88 MB
Release : 1982-10-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0080924778
Water at the Surface of the Earth: An Introduction to Ecosystem Hydrodynamics provides an introduction to the ways in which biological, physical, cultural, and urban systems at the surface of the earth operate, with a particular focus on the hydrodynamics of ecosystems, i.e., water and its association with other forms of matter, including pollutants, and with several forms of energy. The chapter sequence in this book follows the downward progress of water from the lower atmosphere, through ecosystems at the earth's surface, through the soil and mantle rock, to the ""waters under the earth."" In other words, the book begins with input of water to ecosystems, then describes how it is processed in these systems, and ends with the liquid water yield from them. The book first discusses storms in the atmosphere. These are systems that convert inflows of water vapor into outflows of raindrops and snowflakes that are precipitated to the underlying surface. This is followed by separate chapters on how water is delivered from the atmosphere to surface ecosystems; water budgets at the surface and in the soil; evaporation from these systems back to the atmosphere; water in the local air and rocks; and horizontal movement of water transformed by ecosystems where the preceding storages and fluxes were located.
Author : E. O. Seiler
Publisher :
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 1929
Category :
ISBN :
Author : L. Bengtsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9401787891
This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's Hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic. Water is a central component in the Earth's system. It is indispensable for life on Earth in its present form and influences virtually every aspect of our planet's life support system. On relatively short time scales, atmospheric water vapor interacts with the atmospheric circulation and is crucial in forming the Earth's climate zones. Water vapor is the most powerful of the greenhouse gases and serves to enhance the tropospheric temperature. The dominant part of available water on Earth resides in the oceans. Parts are locked up in the land ice on Greenland and Antarctica and a smaller part is estimated to exist as groundwater. If all the ice over the land and all the glaciers were to melt, the sea level would rise by some 80 m. In comparison, the total amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is small; it amounts to ~ 25 kg/m2, or the equivalent of 25 mm water for each column of air. Yet atmospheric water vapor is crucial for the Earth’s energy balance. The book gives an up to date presentation of the present knowledge. Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 35, No. 3, 2014
Author : Prashant K. Srivastava
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 22,23 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0128033894
Satellite Soil Moisture Retrieval: Techniques and Applications offers readers a better understanding of the scientific underpinnings, development, and application of soil moisture retrieval techniques and their applications for environmental modeling and management, bringing together a collection of recent developments and rigorous applications of soil moisture retrieval techniques from optical and infrared datasets, such as the universal triangle method, vegetation indices based approaches, empirical models, and microwave techniques, particularly by utilizing earth observation datasets such as IRS III, MODIS, Landsat7, Landsat8, SMOS, AMSR-e, AMSR2 and the upcoming SMAP. Through its coverage of a wide variety of soil moisture retrieval applications, including drought, flood, irrigation scheduling, weather forecasting, climate change, precipitation forecasting, and several others, this is the first book to promote synergistic and multidisciplinary activities among scientists and users working in the hydrometeorological sciences. Demystifies soil moisture retrieval and prediction Links soil moisture retrieval techniques with new satellite missions for earth and environmental science oriented problems Written to be accessible to a wider range of professionals with a common interest in geo-spatial techniques, remote sensing, sustainable water resource development, and earth and environmental issues
Author : Peter Walker
Publisher : Bre Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
This book presents state-of-the-art practical guidance on material selection, construction, structural design, architectural detailing, maintenance and repair of rammed earth.
Author : Claire E. Flynn
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1435829999
There is a finite amount of water on Earth that is continually filtered by the environment to be used again. This fascinating eBook teaches readers how the water cycle works with the help of interesting experiments and helpful diagrams.
Author : Marcelo Rubal
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,72 MB
Release : 2021-03-15
Category :
ISBN :
What Is The Main Source Of Water In The Earth Importance Of Water In The Earth: Types Of Water In The Earth Water Is The Most Abundant Molecule In The Earth'S Atmosphere What are the 7 stages of the water cycle? How do you explain the water cycle to a child: Water Cycle Drawing Water: you'll find it everywhere on Planet Earth. It evaporates from the surface of oceans, lakes, and rivers, rising into the sky to become water vapor. Chilled, water vapor condenses, forming clouds--giant masses of water droplets. Pushed by the wind, clouds move vast distances. Eventually, rain falls from the clouds, soaking back into the land and rejoining the oceans, lakes, and rivers.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Ecology
ISBN :
Author : Solagbade Oyefara
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 2001-01-20
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0595174876
Using the two literary forms of poetry and prose, the book is a meditation on the nature of the human mind. In likening the mind to water, and in likening the efforts of the mind to the efforts of water, I have tried to take the reader, step-by-step, inch-by-inch, through the complex process that is my own mind. The book examines the individual effort, and the even more complex societal and social efforts. —Solagbade Oyefara
