Statistics and Data Visualization in Climate Science with R and Python

Gerald R. North , Samuel S. P. Shen

A comprehensive overview of essential statistical concepts, useful statistical methods, data visualization, and modern computing tools for the climate sciences and many others such as geography and environmental engineering. It is an invaluable reference for students...

Carbon Neutrality

Marko Hakovirta

This book offers a fresh, comprehensive outlook on a paramount global challenge: climate change, seamlessly integrating intricate themes like climate science, innovative technology solutions, strategic business models, essential investments, and societal impacts. The...

100 Q&As on Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality

Chao Qingchen , Chen Ying

China announced the national goal of achieving carbon peaking before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. The great cause of achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality requires relentless efforts of the whole society. 100 Q&As on Carbon Peaking and Carbon...

History of Meteorology

Mladjen Curic , Vlado Spiridonov

This book provides a detailed history of meteorology as a natural science, from an understanding of the Earth's early atmosphere to present-day advancements. In three parts, the book synthesizes developments in quantitative meteorology starting from its very early...

Numerical Weather Prediction: East Asian Perspectives

Seon Ki Park

This book describes the history, development, current status of numerical weather prediction (NWP), in both operational and research modes, and various applications of NWP models, which have been made by the scientists in East Asian countries. In particular, it...

Recent Research on Hydrogeology, Geoecology and Atmospheric Sciences

Collectif

This edited book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 1st MedGU Annual Meeting, Istanbul 2021. With three sections spanning a large spectrum of geological and geoenvironmental topics, this book presents a series of newest research studies that are...

Spatio-temporal Trend Analysis of Rainfall using R Software and ArcGIS

K. Naveena , Shilpesh Rana , Ramiz Tasiya

This book aims to provide an advanced R software approach that can carry out rainfall trend analysis using Mann-Kendall and Sen’s slope estimator tests. The research study follows a systematic approach while utilizing R software as it can greatly facilitate the...

Promoting Sustainability Through Water Management and Climate Change Adaptation

Subhash Anand , Basavaraj Bagade , Anupama Dubey

This book explores the concept and issues of sustainability and its symbiotic relationship with existing water resources, the surrounding climate and geospatial development. It covers many dimensions of sustainable water resources, climatic variability,...

Climate Change on Mountains

Olivier Dangles

The world is warming up rapidly and this change is most noticeable in mountains with already observable consequences on flora and fauna. This book presents concepts, methodologies and major achievements of recent research in climate change ecology in mountains by...

Processes in GeoMedia—Volume VII

Tatiana Chaplina

This book includes new results of theoretical and experimental studies of various scales of the processes occurring on the earth including the lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Intensive development of research in these areas is due to several factors: 1) the...

Future Forests

Steven G. Mcnulty

Future Forests: Adaptation to Climate Change provides background on forests as natural and social systems, the current distribution and dynamics based on major biomes that set the stage for their role of forests in global systems, the nature of climate change organized...

Climate Change Impacts in India

Kanak N. Moharir , Abdelazim Negm , Chaitanya B. Pande

This book focuses on the impact of climate change on India, addressing environmental problems and conducting an analysis of the climate change impact on mitigation processes. It examines crucial factors such as soil capability, soil erosion, soil salinity, and watershed...

Hydro-Climatic Extremes in the Anthropocene

Christopher Ndehedehe

This book explores how human civilization has contributed to changes in the Anthropocene, an era that marks a fundamental change in the way mankind has interacted with the Earth system. It examines the 21st century in the context of human development of water...

Air Pollution Calculations

Daniel A. Vallero

Air Pollution Calculations: Quantifying Pollutant Formation, Transport, Transformation, Fate and Risks, Second Edition enhances the systems science aspects of air pollution, including transformation reactions in soil, water, sediment and biota that contribute to air...

A Critical Theory for the Anthropocene

Nathanaël Wallenhorst

This volume, which is rooted in biogeophysical studies, addresses conceptions of political action in the Anthropocene and the tension between a desire to accomplish the Promethean project of modernity and a post-Promethean approach.This work explores the idea of...

Climatological Study of Urban Climate and Heat and Cold Mortalities in Japan

Fumiaki Fujibe

This book describes observed features of urban climate and its long-term variations as well as the relationship of climate to heat stroke in Japan, based on observational data and statistical analyses. Consisting of three parts, the book is a valuable resource for...

The Sky Vault

Benjamin Percy

Predicting Our Climate Future

David Stainforth

This book is about how climate science works and why you should absolutely trust some of its conclusions and absolutely distrust others. Climate change raises new, foundational challenges in science. It requires us to question what we know and how we know it. The...

The Climate of Japan

Takehiko Mikami

This book clarifies the climatic variations in Japan from the historical period to the present based on documentary sources and meteorological data. Japanese society has suffered from various kinds of natural disasters since ancient times, such as floods and high tides...

Global Warming: Truth and Consequences

Frank S. Levin

Global Warming: Truth and Consequences is a guidebook for persons who are unfamiliar with the relevant details but want to know what anthropogenic global warming and its repercussions entail. The first chapter presents background material on the earth’s climate system...