The English language, in its earliest period, was spoken by a few thousand people, most of whom were illiterate. Today, more than 300 million people speak and write English as their first language.…
An comprehensive working reference, Watershed Hydrology begins with an overview of the hydrologic cycle and examines the basic concepts of storage in that cycle. The well-organized chapters cover t…
In recent years, significant advances in both the theoretical and observational sides of physical oceanography have allowed the ocean's physical behavior to be described more quantitatively. This b…
Enter the realm where natural forces collide on a global scale, dwarfing and destroying inthe works of humankind. Explore lands where hurricanes lash coastlines, flames race through woodlands, and …
This fourth volume in the series Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior, provides a comprehensive review of the geophysical and geodetical aspects related to gravity and low-frequency geodyn…
Recent advances and techniques in precise geoid determination are presented with a discussion of their implication for geophysical and oceanographic research, as well as identification and formulat…
Space geodesy has evolved in the last twenty years into one of the most exciting disciplines in the earth sciences. This development is due to a large extent to the versatility of applications prov…
This book is meant to serve as a source for insight into some of these issues within the context of remote sensing applications in the earth sciences. It is no longer possible to contain all this i…
Most schools of business in the United States, as well as those in other countries of the world, have a castone course in their curriculum that is concerned with "business policy." This book is des…
This book contains a collection of most of the papers presented at that institute. The institut was organized to bring together the leading specialists in the field of map data processing for exch…