Author: National Academy of Sciences StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9780309012904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Feasibility of a Global Observation and Analysis Experiment
Author: National Academy of Sciences StaffPublisher:
ISBN: 9780309012904
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Feasibility of a Global Observation and Analysis Experiment
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Atmospheric SciencesPublisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A Survey of Space Applications
Author: Space Applications Summer StudyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scientific satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A Survey of Space Applications
Author: United States. Space Applications Programs OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scientific satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Atmospheric Science at NASA
Author: Erik M. ConwayPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421401630
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Honorable Mention, 2008 ASLI Choice Awards. Atmospheric Science Librarians International This book offers an informed and revealing account of NASA’s involvement in the scientific understanding of the Earth’s atmosphere. Since the nineteenth century, scientists have attempted to understand the complex processes of the Earth’s atmosphere and the weather created within it. This effort has evolved with the development of new technologies—from the first instrument-equipped weather balloons to multibillion-dollar meteorological satellite and planetary science programs. Erik M. Conway chronicles the history of atmospheric science at NASA, tracing the story from its beginnings in 1958, the International Geophysical Year, through to the present, focusing on NASA’s programs and research in meteorology, stratospheric ozone depletion, and planetary climates and global warming. But the story is not only a scientific one. NASA’s researchers operated within an often politically contentious environment. Although environmental issues garnered strong public and political support in the 1970s, the following decades saw increased opposition to environmentalism as a threat to free market capitalism. Atmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved—among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military.
Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Author: S. TewelesPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1935704354
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The objects of the American Meteorological Society are "the development and dissemination of knowledge of meteorology in all its phases and applications, and the advancement of its professional ideals." The organization of the Society took place in affiliation with the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Saint Louis, Missouri, December 29, 1919, and its incorporation, at Washington, D. C., January 21, 1920. The work of the Society is carried on by the Bulletin, the Journal, and Meteorological Monographs, by papers and discussions at meetings of the Society, through the offices of the Secretary and the Executive Secretary, and by correspondence. All of the Americas are represented in the membership of the Society as well as many foreign countries.
World Weather Program
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Global Weather Experiment Project
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and AstronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1718
Book Description
1970 National Science Foundation Authorization, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science, Reserach, and Development...
Author: United States. Congress. House Science and AstronauticsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1420
Book Description
Global Environmental Change
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309174325
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 621
Book Description
How can we understand and rise to the environmental challenges of global change? One clear answer is to understand the science of global change, not solely in terms of the processes that control changes in climate and the composition of the atmosphere, but in how ecosystems and human society interact with these changes. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, a number of such research effortsâ€"supported by computer and satellite technologyâ€"have been launched. Yet many opportunities for integration remain unexploited, and many fundamental questions remain about the earth's capacity to support a growing human population. This volume encourages a renewed commitment to understanding global change and sets a direction for research in the decade ahead. Through case studies the book explores what can be learned from the lessons of the past 20 years and what are the outstanding scientific questions. Highlights include: Research imperatives and strategies for investigators in the areas of atmospheric chemistry, climate, ecosystem studies, and human dimensions of global change. The context of climate change, including lessons to be gleaned from paleoclimatology. Human responses toâ€"and forcing ofâ€"projected global change. This book offers a comprehensive overview of global change research to date and provides a framework for answering urgent questions.