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Note: Contents: Preface to first edition. - Preface to second edition. - Acknowledgements. - 1 Some basic ideas. - 1.1 Planetary atmospheres. - 1.2 Equilibrium temperatures. - 1.3 Hydrostatic equation. - 1.4 Adiabatic lapse rate. - 1.5 Sandström's theorem. - Problems. - 2 A radiative equilibrium model. - 2.1 Black-body radiation. - 2.2 Absorption and emission. - 2.3 Radiative equilibrium in a grey atmosphere. - 2.4 Radiative time constants. - 2.5 The greenhouse effect. - Problems. - 3 Thermodynamics. - 3.1 Entropy of dry air. - 3.2 Vertical motion of saturated air. - 3.3 The tephigram. - 3.4 Total potential energy of an air column. - 3.5 Available potential energy. - 3.6 Zonal and eddy energy. - Problems. - 4 More complex radiation transfer. - 4.1 Solar radiation: its modification by scattering. - 4.2 Absorption of solar radiation by ozone. - 4.3 Absorption by single lines. - 4.4 Transmission of an atmospheric path. - 4.5 The integral equation of transfer. - 4.6 Integration over frequency. - 4.7 Heating rate due to radiative processes. - 4.8 Cooling by carbon dioxide emission from upper stratosphere and lower mesosphere. - 4.9 Bandmodels. - 4.10 Continuum absorption. - 4.11 Global radiation budget. - Problems. - 5 The middle and upper atmospheres. - 5.1 Temperature structure. - 5.2 Diffusive separation. - 5.3 The escape of hydrogen. - 5.4 The energy balance of the thermosphere. - 5.5 Photochemical processes. - 5.6 Breakdown of thermodynamic equilibrium. - Problems. - 6 Clouds. - 6.1 Cloud formation. - 6.2 The growth of cloud particles. - 6.3 The radiative properties of clouds. - 6.4 Radiative transfer in clouds. - Problems. - 7 Dynamics. - 7.1 Total and partial derivatives. - 7.2 Equations of motion. - 7.3 The geostrophic approximation. - 7.4 Cyclostrophic motion. - 7.5 Surfaces of constant pressure. - 7.6 The thermal wind equation. - 7.7 The equation of continuity. - Problems. - 8 Atmospberic waves. - 8.1 Introduction. - 8.2 Sound waves. - 8.3 Gravity waves. - 8.4 Rossby waves. - 8.5 The vorticity equation. - 8.6 Three dimensional Rossby-type waves. - Problems. - 9 Turbulence. - 9.1 The Reynolds number. - 9.2 Reynolds stresses. - 9.3 Ekman's solution. - 9.4 The mixing-length hypothesis. - 9.5 Ekman pumping. - 9.6 The spectrum of atmospheric turbulence. - Problems. - 10 The general circulation. - 10.1 Labaratory experiments. - 10.2 A symmetric circulation. - 10.3 Inertial Instability. - 10.4 Barotropic instability. - 10.5 Baroclinic instability. - 10.6 Sloping convection. - 10.7 Energy transport. - 10.8 Transport of angular momentum. - 10.9 The general circulation of the middle atmosphere. - Problems. - 11 Numerical modelling. - 11.1 A barotropic model. - 11.2 Baroclinic models. - 11.3 Primitive equation models. - 11.4 Inclusion of orography. - 11.5 Convection. - 11.6 Moist processes. - 11.7 Radiation transfer. - 11.8 Inclusion of clouds. - 11.9 Sub grid scale processes. - 11.10 Transfer across the surface. - 11.11 Forecasting models. - 11.12 Other models. - Problems. - 12 Global observation. - 12.1 What Observations are required?. - 12.2 ConventionaJ observations. - 12.3 Remote sounding from satellites. - 12.4 Remote sounding of atmospheric temperature. - 12.5 Remote measurements of composition. - 12.6 Other remote sounding observations. - 12.7 Observations from remote platforms. - 12.8 Achieving global coverage. - Problems. - 13 Atmospheric predictability and climatic change. - 13.1 Short-term predictability. - 13.2 Variations of climate. - 13.3 Atmospheric feedback processes. - 13.4 Different kinds of predictability. - 13.5 Jupiter's Great Red Spot. - 13.6 The challenge of climate research. - Problems. - Appendices. - 1 Some useful physical constants and data on dry air. - 2 Properties of water vapour. - 3 Atmospheric composition. - 4 Relation of geopotential to geometric height. - 5 Model atmospheres (0-105 km). - 6 Mean reference atmosphere (110- 500 km). - 7 The Planck function. - 8 Solar radiation. - 9 Absorption of solar radiation by oxygen and ozone. - 10 Spectral band information. - Bibliography. - References to works cited in the text. - Answers to problems and hints to their solution. - Index.

Note: Contents: Preface. - 1. Core OL-92 from Owens Lake: Project rationale, geologic setting, drilling procedures, and summary / G. I. Smith and J. L. Bischoff. - 2. Stratigraphy, lithologies, and sedimentary structures of Owens Lake core OL-92 / G. I. Smith. - 3. Climatic signals in clay mineralogy and grain-size variations in Owens Lake core OL-92, southeast California / K. M. Menking. - 4. Responses of sediment geochemistry to climate change in Owens Lake sediment: An 800-k.y. record of saline/fresh cycles in core OL-92 / J. L. Bischoff, J. P. Fitts, and J. A. Fitzpatrick. - 5. Movement and diffusion of pore fluids in Owens Lake sediments from core OL-92 as shown by salinity and deuterium-hydrogen ratios / I. Friedman, J. L. Bischoff, C. A. Johnson, S. W. Tyler, and J. P. Fitts. - 6. Paleomagnetism and magnetic susceptibility of Pleistocene sediments from drill hole OL-92, Owens Lake, California / J. M. Glen and R. S. Coe. - 7. Age and correlation of tephra layers, position of the Matuyama-Brunhes chron boundary, and effects of Bishop ash eruption on Owens Lake, as determined from drill hole OL-92, southeast California / A. M. Sarna-Wojcicki, C. E. Meyer, and E. Wan. - 8. A time-depth scale for Owens Lake sediments of core OL-92: Radiocarbon dates and constant mass-accumulation rate / J. L. Bischoff, T. W. Stafford, Jr., and M. Rubin. - 9. A diatom-based paleohydrologic record of climate change for the past 800 k.y. from Owens Lake, California / J. P. Bradbury. - 10. Ostracodes in Owens Lake core OL-92: Alternation of saline and freshwater forms through time / C. Carter. - 11. Paleobiotic and isotopic analysis of mollusks, fish, and plants from core OL-92: Indicators for an open or closed lake system / J. R. Firby, S. E. Sharpe, J. F. Whelan, G. R. Smith, and W. G. Spaulding. - 12. An 800,000-year pollen record from Owens Lake, California: Preliminary analyses / R. J. Litwin, D. P. Adam, N. O. Frederiksen, and W. B. Woolfenden. - 13. Synthesis of the paleoclimatic record from Owens Lake core OL-92 / G. I. Smith, J. L. Bischoff, and J. P. Bradbury. - Index.

Note: Zugl.: Braunschweig, Univ., Diss., 1996

Note: Contents: Abstract 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Geographical distribution 4. Localities and samples 5. Biotopics 6. pH 7. Taxonomy 8. Bibliography 9. Acknowledgements 10. Plates

Note: Zugl.: Bremen, Univ., Diss., 1996

Note: Zugl.: Bremen, Univ., Diss., 1996

Note: York, Univ., Diss., 1997

Note: СОДЕРЖАНИЕ ПРЕДИСЛОВИЕ РЕДАКТОРА ВВЕДЕНИЕ / (Шепелев В.В., Клuмовский И.В.) ОСНОВОПОЛОЖНИКИ И ОРГАНИЗАТОРЫ МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЯ В ЯКУТИИ / (Шепелев В.В.) М.И. СУМГИН - ОСНОВОПОЛОЖНИК МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЯ П.И. МЕЛЬНИКОВ - ОСНОВАТЕЛЬ АКАДЕМИЧЕСКОГО МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЯ В ЯКУТИИ СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ АКАДЕМИЧЕСКОГО МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЯ В ЯКУТИИ ЯКУТСКАЯ НАУЧНО-ИССЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬСКАЯ МЕРЗЛОТНАЯ СТАНЦИЯ / (Анисимова Н.П.) СЕВЕРО-ВОСТОЧНОЕ ОТДЕЛЕНИЕ ИНСТИТУТА МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЯ ИМ. В.А.ОБРУЧЕВА АН СССР / (Гаврилова М.К.) РАЗВИТИЕ ГЕОКРИОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ В ИНСТИТУТЕ МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЯ СО РАН ИТОГИ ПЕРВОГО ДЕСЯТИЛЕТИЯ (1961-1971) / (Климовский И.В.) ОСНОВНЫЕ РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЙ ИНСТИТУТА ЗА 1971-1980 ГГ. Общая характеристика / (Заболотник С.И.) Региональная геокриология, криолитология и гидрогеология / (Заболотник С.И.) Геотеплофизические и геохимические исследования / (Балобаев В. Т., Федосеева В.И.) Инженерная геокриология / (Кузьмин Г.П.) КРАТКИЙ АНАЛИЗ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНСТИТУТА ЗА 1981-1995 ГГ. / (Алексеева О.И.) ОЧЕРКИ ОБ УЧЕНЫХ / (Анисимова Н.П., Шепелев В.В., Климовский И.В., Некрасов И.А., Катасонова Е.Г., Куницкий В.В., Кожевников Н.Н.) КАЧУРИН СЕРГЕЙ ПЕТРОВИЧ (1898-1969) ЦЫТОВИЧ НИКОЛАЙ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ (1900-1984) ШВЕЦОВ ПЕТР ФИЛИМОНОВИЧ (1910-1989) БАРЫГИН ВАСИЛИЙ МИХАЙЛОВИЧ (1911-1970) КАТАСОНОВ ЕВГЕНИЙ МАРКОВИЧ (1921-1988) ТЫРТИКОВ АЛЕКСЕЙ ПАВЛОВИЧ (1922-1989) ВОТЯКОВ ИННОКЕНТИЙ НИКОЛАЕВИЧ (1923-1974) ИВАНОВ НИКОЛАЙ СЕРГЕЕВИЧ (1923-1991) МОЛОЧУШКИН ЕГОР НИКИТИЧ (1923-1976) НЕКРАСОВ ИГОРЬ АЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ (1926-1989) О КОЛЛЕГАХ, НАУКЕ И О СЕБЕ НА ПУТИ В МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЕНИЕ / (Соловьев П.А.) ЗАНИМАЯСЬ НАУКОЙ, ОСТАВАЛСЯ ЛИРИКОМ / (Ефимов А.И.) Я РОДОМ ИЗ КРАЯ ВЕЧНОЙ МЕРЗЛОТЫ / (Лукин Г.О.) Я ВЫПОЛНИЛА СВОЙ ДОЛГ ПЕРЕД НАУКОЙ / (Вельмина Н.А.) ДУШОИ Я НА СЕВЕРЕ / (Григорьев Н.Ф.) МОЯ ЖИЗНЬ В НАУКЕ / (Анисимова Н.П.) ВКЛАД АЛДАНСКОЙ НИМС В ИЗУЧЕНИЕ МЕРЗЛОТНЫХ И ГИДРОГЕОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ УСЛОВИЙ АЛДАНО-ЧУЛЬМАНСКОГО ГОРНОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО РАЙОНА / (Фотиев С.М) ГЕОТЕРМИЯ КРИОЛИТОЗОНЫ: ПРОШЛОЕ, НАСТОЯЩЕЕ, БУДУЩЕЕ / (Балобаев, В. Т.) МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДЫ НА ПОЛЮСЕ ХОЛОДА СЕВЕРНОГО ПОЛУШАРИЯ / (Граве Н.А.) МЕНЯ СЧИТАЛИ СКЕПТИКОМ / (Войтковский К.Ф.) ВСПОМИНАЯ ПРОШЛОЕ / (Кутасов И.М.) ВО СНЕ И НАЯВУ - МЕРЗЛОТА / (Константинова Г.С.) С ОПТИМИЗМОМ СМОТРЮ В БУДУЩЕЕ / (Каменский Р.М) НА РАЗНЫХ ШИРОТАХ, ПО РАЗНЫМ МЕРИДИАНАМ / (Клuмовский И.В.) КЛИМАТ И МЕРЗЛОТА / (Гаврилова М.К.) МОЙ ПУТЬ В НАУКУ / (Алексеев В.Р.) Я СВЯЗАЛ СВОЮ СУДЬБУ С НАУКОИ / (Мандаров А.А.) МОИ УЧИТЕЛЯ И НАСТАВНИКИ / (Константинов И.Л.) КАК Я СТАЛ МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДОМ / (Заболотник С.И.) ПОСТОЯННАЯ ПРИВЯЗАННОСТЬ К ПРИРОДЕ И СТРЕМЛЕНИЕ ПОЗНАТЬ ЕЕ (Иванов М.С.) О МОИХ КОЛЛЕГ АХ ПЕРВЫХ ЛЕ~ РАБОТЫ В ИНСТИТУТЕ / (Кузьмин Г.Л.) МНЕ ОЧЕНЬ ПОВЕЗЛО С РАБОТОИ (Пигузова В.М) · · · · · СПАСИБО МОИМ НАСТАВНИКАМ И УЧИТЕЛЯМ (Чжан Р.В.) В ЛЮБОЕ ВРЕМЯ ГОДА, ЛЮБУЮ ПОГОДУ (Пудов ГГ.) МОИ НАСТАВНИКИ (Куницкий В.В.) . . · · · · ДВА НАИБОЛЕЕ ПАМЯТНЫХ ГОДА (Шепелев В.В.) · · · · · · · · СТАЦИОНАРНЫЕ ТЕПЛОБАЛАНСОВЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ (Скрябин П.Н.) НАТВОРИЛ И НАДЕЮСЬ ЕЩЕ НАТВОРИТЬ (Шац ММ) · · · · · · С ВЕЧНОЙ МЕРЗЛОТОЙ_ С ТРЕХНЕДЕЛЬНS,ГО ВОЗРАСТА (Горбунов АЛ.) УСТОЙЧИВОЕ, ДЕЛОВОЕ ВРЕМЯ - СПОКОИНАЯ АТМОСФЕРА (Гот: ;:ЗЬ,мья о ;,ВЕЧНОСТИ" и ВЕЧНОЙ МЕРЗЛОТЕ. (Шиш~и~ ю:п.J ·. КР~~ОГРАФИРОВАНИЕ МЕРЗЛОТНЫХ ЛАН~ФТОВ ЯКУТИИ (Федоров А.Н.) ~ СТУДЕНЧЕСКОГО КРУЖКА ДО БОЛЬШОИ НАУКИ (Константинов П.Я.) · · ПРОФЕССИЯ, СТАВШАЯ ДЕЛОМ ЖИЗНИ (Шестернев ДМ) · · · · · · · В ДРУЖНОЙ СЕМЬЕ МЕРЗЛОТОВЕДОВ (Кожевников Н.Н.) · · · · · АНКЕТНЫЕ дАННЫЕ ОБ УЧЕНЫХ ИНСТИТУТ А (Алексеева О.И, Егорова МА) ОСНОВНЫЕ ПЕЧАТНЫЕ ТРУДЫ ИНСТИТУТА ЗА 1941-1996 ГГ. (Александрова О.П. Егорова МА., Ившина Э.П.) • · · · · · · · · · МОНОГРАФИИ · · · · ·~ · · · · . . . СБОРНИКИ НАУЧНЬIХ СТА ТЕИ . . · · · · РЕКОМЕНДАЦИИ И МЕТОДИЧЕСКИЕ УКАЗАНИЯ ПУТЕВОДИТЕЛИ, ПРОСПЕКТЫ, ОБЗОРЫ КАРТЫ ... · · · · · ~· СПИСОК ПРИНЯТЫХ СОКРАЩЕНИИ · , Translation of Table of Contents EDITOR'S FOREWORD INTRODUCTION / (Shepelev V.V., Klimovsky I.V.) FOUNDERS AND ORGANIZERS OF PERMAFROST STUDIES IN YAKUTIA / (Shepelev V.V.) M.I. SUMGIN - THE FOUNDER OF PERMAFROST STUDIES P.I. MELNIKOV - FOUNDER OF ACADEMIC PERMAFROST STUDIES IN YAKUTIA FORMATION OF ACADEMIC PERMAFROST STUDIES IN YAKUTIA YAKUT RESEARCH PERMAFROST STATION / (Anisimova N.P.) NORTHEASTERN DEPARTMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF PERMAFROST STUDIES NAMED AFTER V.A.OBRUCHEVA USSR Academy of Sciences / (Gavrilova M.K.) DEVELOPMENT OF GEOCRYOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE INSTITUTE OF PERMAFROST STUDIES OF THE SB RAS RESULTS OF THE FIRST DECADE (1961-1971) / (Klimovsky I.V.) MAIN RESEARCH RESULTS OF THE INSTITUTE FOR 1971-1980. General characteristics / (Zabolotnik S.I.) Regional geocryology, cryolithology and hydrogeology / (Zabolotnik S.I.) Geothermalphysical and geochemical studies / (Balobaev V.T., Fedoseeva V.I.) Engineering geocryology / (Kuzmin G.P.) BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE FOR 1981-1995. / (Alekseeva O.I.) ESSAYS ABOUT SCIENTISTS / (Anisimova N.P., Shepelev V.V., Klimovsky I.V., Nekrasov I.A., Katasonova E.G., Kunitsky V.V., Kozhevnikov N.N.) KACHURIN SERGEY PETROVICH (1898-1969) TSYTOVICH NIKOLAY ALEXANDROVICH (1900-1984) SHVETSOV PETER FILIMONOVICH (1910-1989) BARYGIN VASILY MIKHAILOVICH (1911-1970) KATASONOV EVGENY MARKOVICH (1921-1988) TYRTIKOV ALEXEY PAVLOVICH (1922-1989) VOTYAKOV INNOKENTY NIKOLAEVICH (1923-1974) IVANOV NIKOLAY SERGEEVICH (1923-1991) MOLOCHUSHKIN EGOR NIKITICH (1923-1976) NEKRASOV IGOR ALEXANDROVICH (1926-1989) ABOUT COLLEAGUES, SCIENCE AND ABOUT YOURSELF ON THE WAY TO PERMAFROST STUDIES / (Soloviev P.A.) WHILE DOING SCIENCE, HE REMAINED A LYRICIST / (Efimov A.I.) I COME FROM THE EDGE OF PERMAFROST / (Lukin G.O.) I HAVE FULFILLED MY DUTY TO SCIENCE / (Velmina N.A.) , In kyrillischer Schrift

Note: Contents: Editor's Preface. - Preface. - Chapter 1. Introduction. - 1.1 Spatial and temporal averaging in meteorological problems. - 1.2 Some information on the statistical characteristics of meteorological fields. - Chapter 2. Statistical Description of Averaged Fields. - 2.1 Statistical structure of averaged data. - 2.2 Representativeness of point measurements with respect to averaged values. - 2.3 Influence of area shape on the representativeness of a point value. - Chapter 3. The Accuracy of Averaging Discrete Data. - 3.1 The accuracy of representing average quantities by discrete data. - 3.2 Approximate evaluation of the averaging accuracy. - 3.3 Optimal averaging of discrete data. - 3.4 Accuracy of averaging the characteristics of statistical structure. - Chapter 4. Problems of Averaging Some Meteorological Fields. - 4.1 The representativeness of precipitation data. - 4.2 Accuracy of zonal averaging of air temperature. - Chapter 5. Practical Aspects of the Spatial Averaging of Meteorological Fields. - 5.1 Methods of averaging meteorological fields and numerical applications. - 5.2 A brief description of the averaging algorithms. - 5.3 Comparative accuracy of some averaging algorithms. - Conclusions. - List of Symbols. - References. - Subject Index. , Aus dem Russ. übers.

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Note: Preface Acknowledgements Part S Basic topics Chapter I Introduction: Why nonlinear methods? Chapter 2 Linear tools and general considerations 2.1 Stationarity and sampling 2.2 Testing for stationarity 2.3 Linear correlations and the power spectrum 2.3.1 Stationarity and the low-frequency component in the power spectrum 2.4 Linear filters 2.5 Linear predictions Chapter 3 Phase space methods 3.1 Determinism: Uniqueness in phase space 3.2 Delay reconstruction 3.3 Finding a good embedding 3.4 Visual inspection of data 3.5 Poincare surface of section Chapter 4 Determinism and predictability 4.1 Sources of predictability 4.2 Simple nonlinear prediction algorithm 4.3 Verification of successful prediction 4.4 Probing stationarity with nonlinear predictions 4.5 Simple nonlinear noise reduction Chapter 5 Instability: Lyapunov exponents 5.1 Sensitive dependence on initial conditions 5.2 Exponential divergence 5.3 Measuring the maximal exponent from data Chapter 6 Self-similarity: Dimensions 6.1 Attractor geometry and fractals 6.2 Correlation dimension 6.3 Correlation sum from a time series 6.4 Interpretation and pitfalls 6.5 Temporal correlations, nonstationarity, and space time separation plots 6.6 Practical considerations 6.7 A useful application: Determination of the noise level Chapter 7 Using nonlinear methods when determinism is weak 7.1 Testing for nonlinearity with surrogate data 7.1.1 The null hypothesis 7.1.2 How to make surrogate data sets 7.1.3 Which statistics to use 7.1.4 What can go wrong 7.1.5 What we have learned 7.2 Nonlinear statistics for system discrimination 7.3 Extracting qualitative information from a time series Chapters Selected nonlinear phenomena 8.1 Coexistence of attractors 8.2 Transients 8.3 Intermittency 8.4 Structural stability 8.5 Bifurcations 8.6 Quasi-periodicity Part 2 Advanced topics Chapter 9 Advanced embedding methods 9.1 Embedding theorems 9.1.1 Whitney's embedding theorem 9.1.2 Takens's delay embedding theorem 9.2 The time lag 9.3 Filtered delay embeddings 9.3.1 Derivative coordinates 9.3.2 Principal component analysis 9.4 Fluctuating time intervals 9.5 Multichannel measurements 9.5.1 Equivalent variables at different positions 9.5.2 Variables with different physical meanings 9.5.3 Distributed systems 9.6 Embedding of interspike intervals Chapter 10 Chaotic data and noise 10.1 Measurement noise and dynamical noise 10.2 Effects of noise 10.3 Nonlinear noise reduction 10.3.1 Noise reduction by gradient descent 10.3.2 Local projective noise reduction 10.3.3 Implementation of locally projective noise reduction 10.3.4 How much noise is taken out? 10.3.5 Consistency tests 10.4 An application: Foetal ECG extraction Chapter ! 1 More about invariant quantities 11.1 Ergodicity and strange attractors 11.2 Lyapunov exponents II 11.2.1 The spectrum of Lyapunov exponents and invariant manifolds 11.2.2 Flows versus maps 11.2.3 Tangent space method 11.2.4 Spurious exponents 11.2.5 Almost two-dimensional flows 11.3 Dimensions II 11.3.1 Generalised dimensions, multifractals 11.3.2 Information dimension from a time series 11.4 Entropies 11.4.1 Chaos and the flow of information 11.4.2 Entropies of a static distribution 11.4.3 The Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy 11.4.4 Entropies from time series data 11.5 How things are related 11.5.1 Pesin's identity 11.5.2 Kaplan-Yorke conjecture Chapter 12 Modelling and forecasting 12.1 Stochastic models 12.1.1 Linear filter 12.1.2 Nonlinear filters 12.1.3 Markov models 12.2 Deterministic dynamics 12.3 Local methods in phase space 12.3.1 Almost model free methods 12.3.2 Local linear fits 12.4 Global nonlinear models 12.4.1 Polynomials 12.4.2 Radial basis functions 12.4.3 Afeura/ networks 12.4.4 Wfcat to do in practice 12.5 Improved cost functions 12.5.1 Overfitting and model costs 12.5.2 The errors-in-variables problem 12.6 Model verification Chapter 13 Chaos control 13.1 Unstable periodic orbits and their invariant manifolds 13.1.1 Locating periodic orbits 13.1.2 Stable/unstable manifolds from data 13.2 OGY-control and derivates 13.3 Variants of OGY-control 13.4 Delayed feedback 13.5 Chaos suppression without feedback 13.6 Tracking 13.7 Related aspects Chapter 14 Other selected topics 14.1 High dimensional chaos 14.1.1 Analysis of higher dimensional signals 14.1.2 Spatially extended systems 14.2 Analysis of spatiotemporal patterns 14.3 Multiscale or self-similar signals, wavelets 14.3.1 Dynamical origin of multiscale signals 14.3.2 Scaling laws 14.3.3 Wavelet analysis Appendix A Efficient neighbour searching Appendix B Program listings Appendix C Description of the experimental data sets References Index

Note: Contents: Preface. - 1 Introduction. - 1.1 Physical characteristics of the Antarctic. - 1.2 A brief history of Antarctic meteorology. - 1.3 The role of the Antarctic atmosphere in the global climate system. - 2 Observations and instrumentation. - 2.1 Observing in the Antarctic. - 2.2 Instruments for meteorological measurements. - 2.3 Automatic weather stations. - 2.4 Drifting buoys. - 2.5 Surface-based remote sensing. - 2.6 Satellites, space-based observing systems and ground stations. - 2.7 The station network and communications. - 2.8 Data sets and data centres. - 3 Physical climatology. - 3.1 Radiation. - 3.2 Temperature and humidity. - 3.3 Pressure, geopotential and wind. - 3.4 Clouds and precipitation. - 3.5 Sea ice and the Southern Ocean environment. - 4 The large-scale circulation of the Antarctic atmosphere. - 4.1 Introduction. - 4.2 The heat budget. - 4.3 Atmospheric circulation and the vorticity budget. - 4.4 The water vapour budget. - 4.5 Representation of the Antarctic atmosphere in general circulation models. - 5 Synoptic-scale weather systems and fronts. - 5.1 Introduction. - 5.2 The role of depressions. - 5.3 Depressions in the Antarctic and over the Southern Ocean. - 5.4 Climatology. - 5.5 Preparation of operational analyses and forecasts. - 5.6 Future research needs. - 6 Mesoscale systems and processes. - 6.1 Local wind systems. - 6.2 Internal gravity waves. - 6.3 The atmospheric boundary layer. - 6.4 Blowing snow. - 6.5 Mesocyclones. - 7 Climate variability and change. - 7.1 Variations in the historical climate record. - 7.2 Interactions with the tropical and mid-latitude circulation. - 7.3 Future climate predictions - Antarctica in a 'greenhouse' climate. - Appendix A: A chronological list of stations that have made multi-year meteorological observations in the Antarctic and on the sub-Antarctic islands. - Appendix B: A chronological list of automatic weather stations that have been deployed in the Antarctic and on the sub-Antarctic Islands. - References. - Index.

Note: Contents: Preface. - I. Mean air circulation pattern and meteorological indexes and weather data from Svalbard glaciers / V. A. Markin. - II. The structure of seasonal snow cover in summer 1965 at the station Lomonosov glacier plateau / E. M. Singer. - III. The changes of the dimensions of Svalbard glaciers / V. S. Koryakin. - IV. The quantity of Foraminifera in the quaternary deposits of Spitsbergen / T. N. Luchinskaya. , In kyrill. Schr.

Note: Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Recognition of paleosols Traces of life Soil horizons Soil structure What else could it be? Chapter 2. Alteration of paleosols after burial Burial decomposition of organic matter Burial gleization of organic matter Burial reddening of iron oxides and hydroxides Cementation of primary porosity Compaction Illitization of smectite Coalification of peat Kerogen maturation and cracking Recrystallization of carbonate Metamorphism Common patterns of alteration Chapter 3. Interpretation of paleosols Wetland paleosols of coal measures Aridland paleosols of calcareous red beds Paleosols at major geological unconformities Many influences on soils Chapter 4. Colour photographs Root traces Other biogenic traces Soil horizons Soil structures Soil microfabric Formation of paleosols Classification of paleosols Burial alteration of paleosols Chapter 5. Methods in palaeopedology Field documentation and sampling Petrographic thin sections Mineral determination by X-ray diffraction Bulk density determination Bulk chemical analysis Palaeopedology itself References Glossary Index

Note: INHALT: Vorwort / K. H. GRASNICK. - Frühjahrs- und Herbstumstellung der Felder der meteorologischen Elemente in der Stratosphäre / E. BORBÉLY. - On the variations of the total amount of ozone in relation to the behaviour of some ionospheric parameters in the winter-time upper atmosphere = (Über Variationen des Gesamtozongehalts der Atmosphäre in Beziehung zum Verhalten einiger ionosphärischer Parameter in der winterlichen Hochatmosphäre) / K. H. GRASNICK, G. ENTZIAN. - Gesamtozongehalt und Temperaturänderungen der 100 mbar-Fläche im europäischen Raum in den Jahren 1967-1968 / J. PICHA. - Zwei einfache Registriergeräte zur Bestimmung des bodennahen Ozons auf der Grundlage der amperometrischen Titration und des coulometrischen Meßprinzips nach Novák / H. MROSE, W. WARMBT. - Vorläufige Meßergebnisse des bodennahen Ozons unter Verwendung von Chromtrioxydfiltern / W. WARMBT, H. MROSE, G. PHILIPP. - Erfahrungen über Ozonmessungen mit dem DOBSON-Spektrophotometer in Potsdam seit den Vergleichsmessungen in Siófok, UVR, im Jahre 1969 / P. PLESSING. - Ozonvariationen über Havanna während der Sonnenfinsternis vom 7. März 1970 unter Berücksichtigung der Randverdunkelung / K. H. GRASNICK, H. WÖRNER, P. PLESSING. - SHORT GONTRIBUTION Ozone measurements data during the solar eclipse on March 7, 1970 = (Daten der Ozonmessungen während der Sonnenfinsternis vom 7. März 1970) / R. S. STEBLOVA, V. G. UTROBIN. -

Note: Introduction, Pages 1-2 --- Relaxation, Pages 3-16 --- Shear Relaxation, Pages 17-32 --- Volume Relaxation, Pages 33-43 --- Enthalpy Relaxation, Pages 45-62 --- Summary, Pages 63-72

Note: Contents: Preface to the Second Edition. - Preface to the First Edition. - Part 1. - 1 Preliminary Description of Error Analysis. - 1.1 Errors as Uncertainties. - 1.2 Inevitability of Uncertainty. - 1.3 Importance of Knowing the Uncertainties. - 1.4 More Examples. - 1.5 Estimating Uncertainties When Reading Scales. - 1.6 Estimating Uncertainties in Repeatable Measurements. - 2. How to Report and Use Uncertainties. - 2.1 Best Estimate ± Uncertainty. - 2.2 Significant Figures. - 2.3 Discrepancy. - 2.4 Comparison of Measured and Accepted Values. - 2.5 Comparison of Two Measured Numbers. - 2.6 Checking Relationships with a Graph. - 2.7 Fractional Uncertainties. - 2.8 Significant Figures and Fractional Uncertainties. - 2.9 Multiplying Two Measured Numbers. - Problems for Chapter 2. - 3. Propagation of Uncertainties. - 3.1 Uncertainties in Direct Measurements. - 3.2 The Square-Root Rule for a Counting Experiment. - 3.3 Sums and Differences; Products and Quotients. - 3.4 Two Important Special Cases. - 3.5 Independent Uncertainties in a Sum. - 3.6 More About Independent Uncertainties. - 3.7 Arbitrary Functions of One Variable. - 3.8 Propagation Step by Step. - 3.9 Examples. - 3.10 A More Complicated Example. - 3.11 General Formula for Error Propagation. - Problems for Chapter 3. - 4. Statistical Analysis of Random Uncertainties. - 4.1 Random and Systematic Errors. - 4.2 The Mean and Standard Deviation. - 4.3 The Standard Deviation as the Uncertainty in a Single Measurement. - 4.4 The Standard Deviation of the Mean. - 4.5 Examples. - 4.6 Systematic Errors. - Problems for Chapter. - 5. The Normal Distribution. - 5.1 Histograms and Distributions. - 5.2 Limiting Distributions. - 5.3 The Normal Distribution. - 5.4 The Standard Deviation as 68% Confidence Limit. - 5.5 Justification of the Mean as Best Estimate. - 5.6 Justification of Addition in Quadrature. - 5.7 Standard Deviation of the Mean. - 5.8 Acceptability of a Measured Answer . - Problems for Chapter 5. - Part II. - 6. Rejection of Data. - 6.1 The Problem of Rejecting Data. - 6.2 Chauvenet's Criterion. - 6.3 Discussion. - Problems for Chapter 6. - 7. Weighted Averages. - 7.1 The Problem of Combining Separate Measurements. - 7.2 The Weighted Average. - 7.3 An Example. - Problems for Chapter 7. - 8. Least-Squares Fitting. - 8.1 Data That Should Fit a Straight Line. - 8.2 Calculation of the Constants A and В. - 8.3 Uncertainty in the Measurements of у. - 8.4 Uncertainty in the Constants A and В. - 8.5 An Example. - 8.6 Least-Squares Fits to Other Curves. - Problems for Chapter 8. - 9. Covariance and Correlation. - 9.1 Review of Error Propagation. - 9.2 Covariance in Error Propagation. - 9.3 Coefficient of Linear Correlation. - 9.4 Quantitative Significance of r. - 9.5 Examples. - Problems for Chapter 9. - 10. The Binomial Distribution. - 10.1 Distributions. - 10.2 Probabilities in Dice Throwing. - 10.3 Definition of the Binomial Distribution. - 10.4 Properties of the Binomial Distribution. - 10.5 The Gauss Distribution for Random Errors. - 10.6 Applications; Testing of Hypotheses. - Problems for Chapter 10. - 11. The Poisson Distribution. - 11.1 Definition of the Poisson Distribution. - 11.2 Properties of the Poisson Distribution. - 11.3 Applications. - 11.4 Subtracting a Background. - Problems for Chapter 11. - 12. The Chi-Squared Test for a Distribution. - 12.1 Introduction to Chi Squared. - 12.2 General Definition of Chi Squared. - 12.3 Degrees of Freedom and Reduced Chi Squared. - 12.4 Probabilities for Chi Squared. - 12.5 Examples. - Problems for Chapter 12. - Appendixes. - Appendix A. Normal Error Integral, I. - Appendix B. Normal Error Integral, II. - Appendix C. Probabilities for Correlation Coefficients. - Appendix D. Probabilities for Chi Squared. - Appendix E. Two Proofs Concerning Sample Standard Deviations. - Bibliography. - Answers to Quick Checks and Odd-Numbered Problems. - Index.

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Note: Pages 1-10, Introduction and basic principles of isotope geochemistry --- Pages 11-31, Weathering --- Pages 33-45, Isotope geochemistry of river water --- Pages 47-88, Isotope geochemistry in the environment --- Pages 89-153, Isotopic composition of seawater past and present (Sr, Nd, Pb, Os, Ce) --- Pages 155-184, Isotope geochemistry of detrital and authigenic clay minerals in marine sediments (Rb−Sr, K−Ar, O) --- Pages 185-211, The Sm−Nd isotope system in detrital and authigenic argillaceous sediments

Note: Pages 3-34, Physical grounds for acoustic remote sensing of the atmospheric boundary layer, M. A. Kallistratova --- Pages 35-84, An overview of the technological development of atmospheric echosounders (SODARS), John A. Kleppe --- Pages 85-104, Design of a tri-monostatic doppler sodar system, Yoshiki Ito --- Pages 105-116, A modular PC-based multiband sodar system, G. Mastrantonio, S. Argentini --- Pages 117-132, Mini acoustic sounding, a powerful tool for ABL applications: Recent advances, D. N. Asimakopoulos, C. G. Helmis, M. Petrakis --- Pages 133-141, Radio-acoustic temperature profiling in the troposphere, G. Bonino --- Pages 142-176, Radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) for studying the lower atmosphere, S. P. Singal, Malti Goel --- Pages 179-190, Determination of the turbulent structure parameters, Pan Naixian --- Pages 191-201, Turbulence variables derived from sodar data, R. L. Coulter --- Pages 202-235, Development of sodar detection and its application for studies of atmospheric boundary layer in Beijing, China, Mingyu Zhou --- Pages 236-246, Influence of the nocturnal low-level-jet on the vertical and mesoscale structure of the stable boundary layer as revealed from doppler-sodar-observations, Frank Beyrich, Dieter Kalass, Ulrich Weisensee --- Pages 247-274, Dynamics of the continental boundary layer: The CRPE sodar results (1984–1993), Christine Amory-Mazaudier --- Pages 275-292, Sodar investigations of gravity waves by cross spectral analysis, Günther Bull --- Pages 293-306, Sodar monitoring of nocturnal boundary layer during the harmattan in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, J. A. Adedokun --- Pages 307-324, An overview of similarity methods to estimate turbulence quantities from sodar measurements in the convective boundary layer, Dimitrios Melas --- Pages 325-384, Sodar: A tool to characterize hazardous situations in air pollution and communication, S. P. Singal, B. S. Gera, Neeraj Saxena --- Pages 385-394, Application of sodar in urban air-quality monitoring systems, Jacek Walczewski --- Pages 395-405, Operational use of sodar information in nowcasting, Th. Foken, H.-J. Albrecht, K. Sasz, F. Vogt --- Pages 409-448, Acoustic remote sensing of ocean flows, Antony Joseph K, Ehrlich Desa --- Pages 449-475, Acoustic remote sensing of ocean-atmosphere interactions, A. Weill, H. Dupuis