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Data Assimilation for the Earth System
Data assimilation is the combination of information from observations and models of a particular physical system in order to get the best possible estimate of the state of that …
A Rehabilitated Estuarine Ecosystem
Jim Green 1.1 THE THAMES ESTUARY:A PERSONAL VIEW For almost 50 years I have lived close to the Thames estuary (Figure 1.1). In the early 1950s, from our flat in Pimlico, we could …
Groundwater and Ecosystems
Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDEs) frequently exhibit rich biological diversity and can provide enormous economic wealth. In recent years, GDEs in many industrialized …
Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems
The reserves, or extractable fraction, of the fuel-mineral endowment are sufficient to supply the bulk of the world's energy requirements for the immediately forseeable future-well …
The History and Sedimentology of Ancient Reef Systems
From the Preface: The chapters of this book contain contributions from an international group of specialists. They address some important themes in both modern and ancient reef …
Constructal Law and the Unifying Principle of Design
Design happens everywhere, whether in animate objects (e.g., dendritic lung structures, bacterial colonies, and corals), inanimate patterns (river basins, beach slope, and …
Observing Systems for Atmospheric Composition
One challenge in atmospheric chemistry is understanding the intercontinental transport and transformation of gases and aerosols. This book describes observational and modeling …
Geospatial Technology for Earth Observation
Earth Observation interacts with space, remote sensing, communication, and information technologies, and plays an increasingly significant role in Earth related scientific studies, …
Coastal Upwelling Its Sediment Record
NATO Advanced Research Institutes are designed to explore unre solved problems. By focusing complementary expertise from various disciplines onto one unifying theme, they approach …
North African Cretaceous Carbonate Platform Systems
This volume arises from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) on 'North African Cretaceous rudist and coral formations and their contributions to carbonate platform development …