Earth Science (eBook, PDF)

New Methods and Studies
Redaktion: Williams, Roy H.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Earth science is a broad field of study that encompasses many different disciplines, including meteorology, climatology, and geology. This work covers topics such as: using satellite remote sensing to track pollution and weather patterns, monitoring for pre-earthquake signals, desalination of ground water, predicting deforestation, and more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 283
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466558281
• Artikelnr.: 39485252

Autorenporträt

Professor Roy H. Williams is an astronomer and educator at the Kopernik Observatory in Vestal, New York. He has trained on the spectrograph and is certified in both earth science and physical science. He has taught in several New York districts as well as at several other colleges. He writes a monthly column in the Press & Sun-Bulletin newspaper (Binghamton, New York) and makes monthly live appearances on local television newscasts. He also helped to create a computerized sky atlas using Turbo Pascal and in his role at Kopernik Observatory has worked with both astronaut Dan Bursch and astronomer John Dobson.

Inhaltsangabe

The Global Sweep of Pollution: Satellite Snapshots Capture Long-Distance
Movement. Comparison of Cloud Statistics from Spaceborne Lidar Systems.
Geodetic Network Design and Optimization on the Active Tuzla Fault (Izmir,
Turkey) for Disaster Management. Pre-Earthquake Signals-Part I: Deviatoric
Stresses Turn Rocks Into a Source of Electric Currents. Desalination of
Ground Water: Earth Science Perspectives. A New Generation of
Cyberinfrastructure and Data Services for Earth System Science Education
and Research. Health Benefits of Geologic Materials and Geologic Processes.
Using Earthquakes to Uncover the Earth's Inner Secrets: Interactive
Exhibits for Geophysical Education. Predicting the Deforestation-Trend
Under Different Carbon-Prices. Ionospheric Quasi-Static Electric Field
Anomalies During Seismic Activity in August-September 1981. Identification
of Earthquake Induced Damage Areas Using Fourier Transform and SPOT HRVIR
Pan Images. Remote Sensing Data with the Conditional Latin Hypercube
Sampling and Geostatistical Approach to Delineate Landscape Changes Induced
by Large Chronological Physical Disturbances. Resident Perception of
Volcanic Hazards and Evacuation Procedures. Lower Miocene Stratigraphy
Along the Panama Canal and Its Bearing on the Central American Peninsula.
Long Term Changes in the Ecosystem in the Northern South China Sea During
1976-2004. Index.