1# Library to Find Best eBook for Read
Author :
Release : 2001
Genre : Earth sciences
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Earth System Monitor by :
Download or read book Earth System Monitor written by . This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :
Release : 1990
Genre : Earth sciences
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Earth System Monitor by :
Download or read book Earth System Monitor written by . This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :
Release : 1995
Genre : Earth sciences
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Earth System Monitor by :
Download or read book Earth System Monitor written by . This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Orcutt
Release : 2012-12-12
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 843/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Earth System Monitoring by : John Orcutt
Download or read book Earth System Monitoring written by John Orcutt. This book was released on 2012-12-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System. In Oceanography, for the past two centuries, ships have provided the platforms for observing. Expeditions on the continents and Earth’s poles are land-based analogues. Fundamental understanding of current systems, climate, natural hazards, and ecosystems has been greatly advanced. While these approaches have been remarkably successful, the need to establish measurements over time can only be made using Earth observations and observatories with exacting standards and continuous data. The 19 peer-reviewed contributions in this volume provide early insights into this emerging view of Earth in both space and time in which change is a critical component of our growing understanding.
Author : National Research Council
Release : 2010-10-27
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 285/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Monitoring Climate Change Impacts by : National Research Council
Download or read book Monitoring Climate Change Impacts written by National Research Council. This book was released on 2010-10-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this century, increasing the demand for resources and supporting infrastructure. Therefore, information to assess vulnerabilities to climate change is needed to support policies and investments designed to increase resilience in human and Earth systems. There are currently many observing systems that capture elements of how climate is changing, for example, direct measurements of atmospheric and ocean temperature. Although those measurements are essential for understanding the scale and nature of climate change, they do not necessarily provide information about the impacts of climate change on humans that are especially relevant for political and economic planning and decision making. Monitoring Climate Change Impacts tackles the challenge of developing an illustrative suite of indicators, measurements (and the locations around the globe where the measurements can be applied), and metrics that are important for understanding global climate change and providing insight into environmental sustainability. Eight panels provided input on: cryosphere, land-surface and terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology and water resources, atmosphere, human health and other dimensions, oceans (both physical and biological/chemical), and natural disasters. The book also provides an illustrative set of metrics that are likely to be affected by climate change over the next 20-25 years and, when taken together, can potentially give advance warning of climate-related changes to the human and environment systems.
