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This long-anticipated monograph honoring scientist and teacher Fred Sanders includes 16 articles by various authors as well as dozens of unique photographs evoking Fred's character and the vitality of the scientific community he helped develop through his work. Editors Lance F. Bosart (University at Albany/SUNY) and Howard B. Bluestein (University of Oklahoma at Norman) have brought together contributions from luminary authors-including Kerry Emanuel, Robert Burpee, Edward Kessler, and Louis Uccellini-to honor Fred's work in the fields of forecasting, weather analysis, synoptic meteorology, and climatology. The result is a significant volume of work that represents a lasting record of Fred Sanders' influence on atmospheric science and legacy of teaching.

Earth Sciences. --- Meteorology/Climatology. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Geography. --- Meteorology. --- Géographie --- Météorologie --- Dynamic meteorology. --- Synoptic meteorology. --- Weather forecasting. --- Sanders, Frederick, --- Forecasting, Weather --- Short range weather forecasting --- Weather --- Weather prediction --- Forecasting --- Sanders, Fred, --- Earth sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Geophysical prediction --- Meteorology --- Dynamic climatology --- Aerology --- Atmospheric science --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere

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"There's a simple, straightforward way to cut carbon emissions and prevent the most disastrous effects of climate change-and we're rejecting it because of irrational political fears. That's the central argument of The Case for a Carbon Tax, a clear-eyed, sophisticated analysis of climate change policy. Shi-Ling Hsu examines the four major approaches to curbing CO2: cap-and-trade; command and control regulation; government subsidies of alternative energy; and carbon taxes. Weighing the economic, social, administrative, and political merits of each, he demonstrates why a tax is currently the most effective policy. Hsu does not claim that a tax is the perfect or only solution-but that unlike the alternatives, it can be implemented immediately and paired effectively with other approaches. In fact, the only real barrier is psychological. While politicians can present subsidies and cap-and-trade as "win-win" solutions, the costs of a tax are immediately apparent. Hsu deftly explores the social and political factors that prevent us from embracing this commonsense approach. And he shows why we must get past our hang-ups if we are to avert a global crisis. In fact, the only real barrier is psychological. While politicians can present subsidies and cap-and-trade as "win-win" solutions, the costs of a tax are immediately apparent. Hsu deftly explores the social and political factors that prevent us from embracing this commonsense approach. And he shows why we must get past our hang-ups if we are to avert a global crisis. In fact, the only real barrier is psychological. While politicians can present subsidies and cap-and-trade as "win-win" solutions, the costs of a tax are immediately apparent. Hsu deftly explores the social and political factors that prevent us from embracing this commonsense approach. And he shows why we must get past our hang-ups if we re to avert a" global crisis.

Economics --- Nature protection --- Meteorology. Climatology --- Air pollution. Air purification --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- economie --- luchtverontreiniging --- milieubeleid --- klimaatverandering --- Carbon taxes. --- Carbon taxes --- Climatic changes --- Climate change mitigation. --- Law and legislation. --- Government policy. --- Climate mitigation --- Climatic mitigation --- Mitigation of climate change --- Environmental protection --- Carbon tax --- Environmental impact charges --- Emissions trading --- Mitigation

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A book on atmospheric convection treated in detail from different angles including the theoretical aspects of atmospheric deep convection and the weather phenomena related to convection. The problem of boundary conditions that result in severe convective weather patterns is explored within the framework of worldwide climatology and weather forecasting, including forecast verification, by means of their dynamic and thermodynamic properties. The book aims to bridge the gap between theory and its operational application both within the fields of weather forecasting and that of risk management. It addresses itself to meteorologists, physicists and weather forecasters, but will also be invaluable to PhD students attending courses on environment fluid dynamics and meteorology. Each chapter is practically self-contained and there are no propaedeutic sections that the reader needs to peruse before moving on to the more advanced ones.

Engineering. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Hydrogeology. --- Math. Applications in Geosciences. --- Meteorology/Climatology. --- Fluids. --- Thermodynamics. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Meteorology. --- Ingénierie --- Technologie hydraulique --- Météorologie --- Fluides --- Thermodynamique --- Atmospheric circulation -- Copngresses. --- Atmospheric circulation. --- Convection (Meteorology) -- Congresses. --- Convection (Meteorology) --- Atmospheric circulation --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Meteorology & Climatology --- Civil Engineering --- Atmospheric motion --- Wind circulation --- Earth sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Earth Sciences, general. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Heat --- Climatology --- Meteorology --- Grosswetterlagen --- Stratospheric circulation --- Winds --- Convection --- Geography. --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Dynamics --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Heat-engines --- Quantum theory --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Atmospheric sciences --- Atmosphere --- Geosciences --- Environmental sciences --- Physical sciences --- Aerology --- Atmospheric science --- Hydromechanics --- Continuum mechanics

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Our planet exists within a space environment affected by constantly changing solar atmosphere producing cosmic particles and electromagnetic waves. This "space weather" profoundly influences the performance of our technology because we primarily use two means for transmitting information and energy; namely, electromagnetic waves and electricity. On an everyday basis, we have developed methods to cope with the normal conditions. However, the sun remains a fiery star whose 'angry' outbursts can potentially destroy spacecrafts, kill astronauts, melt electricity transformers, stop trains, and generally wreak havoc with human activities. Space Weather is the developing field within astronomy that aims at predicting the sun’s violent activity and minimizing the impacts on our daily lives. Space Weather, Environment, and Societies explains why our technological societies are so dependent on solar activity and how the Sun disturbs the transmission of information and energy. Footnotes expand specific points and the appendices facilitate a more thorough command of the physics involved. This beautifully illustrated book is written for astronomy and nature enthusiasts as well as for the undergraduate/graduate level readers who would like to better master the physics of near space.

milieutechnologie --- meteorologie --- astronomy --- Cosmology --- klimatologie --- kosmologie --- Astrophysics --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Meteorology. Climatology --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- astrofysica --- astrophysics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Magnetosphere --- Solar activity --- Solar-terrestrial physics --- Space environment --- Solar terrestrial interactions --- Solar-terrestrial relations --- Sun-Earth connection --- Terrestrial-solar relations --- Geophysics --- Solar radiation --- Stellar activity --- Atmosphere, Upper --- Environment, Space --- Extraterrestrial environment --- Space weather --- Extreme environments --- Solar-terrestrial physics. --- Space environment. --- Solar activity. --- Magnetosphere. --- Upper atmosphere --- Astronomy. --- Physical geography. --- Engineering. --- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. --- Environmental Physics. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Engineering, general. --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Geography --- Astrophysics. --- Environmental sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Environmental science --- Science --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics

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The book presents a wealth of material about the polar oceans, more specifically the ice-covered areas and peripheral seas. It provides a detailed history of the changing climate of the polar oceans as observed by satellite sensors in the last three decades. The satellite research data show spatial distributions of surface temperature, sea ice, albedo, chlorophyll concentration, clouds, ocean color and sea level pressure. The book discusses remote sensing techniques and algorithms used to transform digital data to geophysical parameters, to process and analyze the data, the limitations of these data and the enormous potential in the use of this data. The main goal of the book is the presentation of results from studies of the time evolution of polar surfaces as observed by satellite sensors and their relevance to the study of cryospheric and ocean processes and climate change. The book contains about 150 satellite images of surface parameters which reveal that from month to month and from one year to another the Earth is changing. Although the historical record of about three decades of continuous satellite observation is relatively short, these measurements have provided useful insights into the current state of the polar environment and have served as a powerful tool for studying the processes that govern the Earth’s climate system. The advent of even more sophisticated technology, including international ventures like the Global Earth Observation System of all Systems (GEOSS), will speed the progress. The advances in understanding of the Earth’s climate engine, including the crucial role played by the polar oceans, have been tremendous, and people look forward to being able to forecast effectively the state of the planet in the immediate and foreseeable future.

Earth Sciences. --- Oceanography. --- Meteorology/Climatology. --- Climate Change. --- Geography. --- Meteorology. --- Climatic changes. --- Géographie --- Météorologie --- Océanographie --- Climat --- Changements --- Oceanography --- Artificial satellites in oceanography --- Remote sensing --- Polar regions --- Artificial satellites in oceanography. --- Polar regions. --- Remote sensing. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts. --- Changes, Climatic --- Changes in climate --- Climate change --- Climate change science --- Climate changes --- Climate variations --- Climatic change --- Climatic changes --- Climatic fluctuations --- Climatic variations --- Global climate changes --- Global climatic changes --- Climatology --- Climate change mitigation --- Teleconnections (Climatology) --- Oceanography, Physical --- Oceanology --- Physical oceanography --- Thalassography --- Earth sciences --- Marine sciences --- Ocean --- Environmental aspects --- Rewriting systems (Computer science) --- Congresses --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Climate change. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Atmosphere --- Cold regions --- Global environmental change --- Oceanography - Remote sensing