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The Cloudspotter's Guide
Penguin Group US 2007; US$ 15.00Now in paperback: the runaway British bestseller that has cloudspotters everywhere looking up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Veteran journalist and lifelong sky watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals... more...
Fog and Boundary Layer Clouds
Springer 2008; US$ 84.99This topical volume of the Journal of Pure and Applied Geophysics utilizes new information not previously accessible for fog related research. It focuses on surface and remote sensing observations of fog, various numerical model applications using new parameterizations, fog climatology, and new statistical methods. The results presented in this special... more...
Thrustbelts and Foreland Basins
Springer 2007; US$ 209.99What is the important geologic information recorded in Thrust Belts and Foreland Basins (TBFB) on the evolution of orogens? How do they transcript the coupled influence of deep and surficial geological processes? Is it still worth looking for hydrocarbons in foothills areas? These and other questions are addressed in the volume edited by Lacombe, LavA(c),... more...
Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion
Springer 2008; US$ 219.99Presents a comprehensive summary of the developments in wind erosion research. This book describes the physics of wind erosion, from particle entrainment to transport and deposition from the viewpoints of fluid dynamics and soil physics. It features the techniques for quantitative wind-erosion prediction through computational modelling. more...
Palaeoweathering, Palaeosurfaces and Related Continental Deposits
Wiley 2009; US$ 150.00The study of palaeoweathering provides vital clues about past continental environments, the correlation of sedimentary deposits and processes such as the rate and timing of uplift and erosion. This volume (based partly on research presented at IGCP 317 Palaeoweathering Records and Palaeosurfaces) contains contributions that use both geochemical and... more...
The South China Sea
Springer 2009; US$ 99.99A synthesis of sedimentary geology and paleoceanography of the South China Sea on the basis of extensive industrial explorations and scientific expeditions culminated with the ODP Leg 184. It offers knowledge about the history of this largest marginal sea in the West Pacific, deep-sea records of evolution and variations of the East Asian monsoon. more...
Climate Systems
Infobase Publishing 2009; US$ 48.00Many scientists today refer to the phenomenon of 'global warming' as 'climate change' because they feel it is a better overall description of the situation. While it is certainly true that the atmosphere is warming up, that is only one part of the problem. As the Earth's atmosphere continues to warm, glaciers and ice caps are melting,... more...
Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences
World Scientific Publishing Company 2008; US$ 162.00This book contains 22 peer-reviewed articles that cover a spectrum of contemporary subjects relevant to atmospheric sciences, with specific applications to the Asia-Pacific region. The majority of these papers consist of a review of a scientific sub-field in atmospheric sciences, while some contain original contributions. All of the accepted papers... more...
Controlling Climate Change
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 49.00Presents a cutting edge overview of tackling and adapting to climate change, written by a lead member of the IPCC. more...
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation Phenomenon
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 70.00An introduction to understanding the ENSO phenomenon, given in an observational and theoretical context, and exploring its predictability and impacts. more...









