ALBERT

Note: The Economic-Legal System and the Role of Property Rights: An Introduction ; 1 Foundation Stones: Politically-Based Versus Judge-Made Law ; Efficiency ; Two Basic Propositions ; Two Major Theorems on Property Rights ; 2 Society's Machinery: Coordination and Constitutions ; Markets and Firms ; Political Processes ; 3 Property, Breach of Contract, Tort, Crime: Formalized Property Rights ; Injunctions ; Damages or Punishment? ; Negligence: The Simplest Case ; Joint Responsibility ; Intent, Strict Liability, Insurance ; The Stringency of Sanctions ; The Behavior of Disputant Parties and Courts ; 4 Contracts, Companies, Regulation: Contracts: Problems and Solutions ; The Contractual and Legal Structure of Firms ; Limits of Freedom of Contract ; 5 Epilogue: Conclusions and Final Comments

Note: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1982

Note: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1982 , Mikrofiche-Ausg.:

Note: Kaiserslautern, Technische Universität, Dissertation, 2003 (Nicht für den Austausch)

Note: Contents: Preface to the eighth edition. - Acknowledgements. - 1 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY. - A The atmosphere. - B Solar energy. - C Global circulation. - D Climatology. - E Mid-latitude disturbances. - F Tropical weather. - G Palaeoclimates. - H The global climate system. - 2 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, MASS AND STRUCTURE. - A Composition of the atmosphere. - 1 Primary gases. - 2 Greenhouse gases. - 3 Reactive gas species. - 4 Aerosols. - 5 Variations with height. - 6 Variations with latitude and season. - 7 Variations with time. - B Mass of the atmosphere. - 1 Total pressure. - 2 Vapour pressure C The layering of the atmosphere. - 1 Troposphere. - 2 Stratosphere. - 3 Mesosphere. - 4 Thermosphere. - 5 Exosphere and magnetosphere. - 3 SOLAR RADIATION AND THE GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET. - A Solar radiation. - 1 Solar output. - 2 Distance from the sun. - 3 Altitude of the sun. - 4 Length of day. - B Surface receipt of solar radiation and its effects. - 1 Energy transfer within the earth-atmosphere system. - 2 Effect of the atmosphere. - 3 Effect of cloud cover. - 4 Effect of latitude. - 5 Effect ofland and sea. - 6 Effect of elevation and aspect. - 7 Variation of free-air temperature with height. - C Terrestrial infra-red radiation and the greenhouse effect. - D Heat budget of the earth. - E Atmospheric energy and horizontal heat transport. - 1 The horizontal transport of heat. - 2 Spatial pattern of the heat budget components. - 4 ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE BUDGET. - A The global hydrological cycle. - B Humidity. - 1 Moisture content. - 2 Moisture transport. - C Evaporation. - D Condensation. - E Precipitation characteristics and measurement. - 1 Forms of precipitation. - 2 Precipitation characteristics. - a Rainfall intensity. - b Areal extent of a rainstorm. - c Frequency of rainstorms. - 3 The world pattern of precipitation. - 4 Regional variations in the altitudinal maximum of precipitation. - 5 Drought. - 5 ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY, CLOUD FORMATION AND PRECIPITATION PROCESSES. - A Adiabatic temperature changes. - B Condensation level. - C Air stability and instability. - D Cloud formation. - 1 Condensation nuclei. - 2 Cloud types. - 3 Global cloud cover. - E Formation of precipitation. - 1 Bergeron-Findeisen theory. - 2 Coalescence theories. - 3 Solid precipitation. - F Precipitation types. - 1 'Convective type' precipitation. - 2 'Cyclonic type' precipitation. - 3 Orographic precipitation. - G Thunderstorms. - 1 Development. - 2 Cloud electrification and lightning. - 6 ATMOSPHERIC MOTION: PRINCIPLES. - A Laws of horizontal motion. - 1 The pressure-gradient force. - 2 The earth's rotational deflective (Coriolis) force. - 3 The geostrophic wind. - 4 The centripetal acceleration. - 5 Frictional forces and the planetary boundary layer. - B Divergence, vertical motion and vorticity. - 1 Divergence. - 2 Vertical motion. - 3 Vorticity. - C Local winds. - 1 Mountain and valley winds. - 2 Land and sea breezes. - 3 Winds due to topographic barriers. - 7 PLANETARY-SCALE MOTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN. - A Variation of pressure and wind velocity with height. - 1 The vertical variation of pressure systems. - 2 Mean upper-air patterns. - 3 Upper wind conditions. - 4 Surface pressure conditions. - B The global wind belts. - 1 The trade winds. - 2 The equatorial westerlies. - 3 The mid-latitude (Ferrel) westerlies. - 4 The polar easterlies. - C The general circulation. - 1 Circulations in the vertical and horizontal planes. - 2 Variations in the circulation of the northern hemisphere. - a Zonal index variations. - b North Atlantic Oscillation. - D Ocean structure and circulation. - 1 Above the thermocline. - a Vertical. - b Horizontal. - 2 Deep ocean water interactions. - a Upwelling. - b Deep ocean circulation. - 3 The oceans and atmospheric regulation. - 8 NUMERICAL MODELS OF THE GENERAL CIRCULATION, CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTION / T. N. Chase and R. G. Barry. - A Fundamentals of the GCM. - B Model simulations. - 1 GCMs. - 2 Simpler models. - 3 Regional models. - C Data sources for forecasting. - D Numerical weather prediction. - 1 Short- and medium-range forecasting. - 2 'Nowcasting'. - 3 Long-range outlooks. - 9 MID-LATITUDE SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE SYSTEMS. - A The airmass concept. - B Nature of the source area. - 1 Cold airmasses. - 2 Warm airmasses. - C Airmass modification. - 1 Mechanisms of modification. - a Thermodynamic changes. - b Dynamic changes. - 2 The results of modification: secondary airmasses. - a Cold air. - b Warm air. - 3 The age of the airmass. - D Frontogenesis. - 1 Frontal waves. - 2 The frontal-wave depression. - E Frontal characteristics. - 1 The warm front. - 2 The cold front. - 3 The occlusion. - 4 Frontal-wave families. - F Zones of wave development and frontogenesis. - G Surface/upper-air relationships and the formation of frontal cyclones. - H Non-frontal depressions. - 1 The lee cyclone. - 2 The thermal low. - 3 Polar air depressions. - 4 The cold low. - I Mesoscale convective systems. - 10 WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES. - A Europe. - 1 Pressure and wind conditions. - 2 Oceanicity and continentality. - 3 British airflow patterns and their climatic characteristics. - 4 Singularities and natural seasons. - 5 Synoptic anomalies. - 6 Topographic effects. - B North America. - 1 Pressure systems. - 2 The temperate west coast and Cordillera. - 3 Interior and eastern North America. - a Continental and oceanic influences. - b Warm and cold spells. - c Precipitation and the moisture balance. - C The subtropical margins. - 1 The semi-arid southwestern United States. - 2 The interior southeastern United States. - 3 The Mediterranean. - 4 North Africa. - 5 Australasia. - D High latitudes. - 1 The southern westerlies. - 2 The sub-Arctic. - 3 The polar regions. - a The Arctic. - b Antarctica. - 11 TROPICAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE. - A The intertropical convergence. - B Tropical disturbances. - 1 Wave disturbances. - 2 Cyclones. - a Hurricanes and typhoons. - b Other tropical disturbances. - 3 Tropical cloud clusters. - C The Asian monsoon. - 1 Winter. - 2 Spring. - 3 Early summer. - 4 Summer. - 5 Autumn. - D East Asian and Australian summer monsoons. - E Central and southern Africa. - 1 The African monsoon. - 2 Southern Africa. - F Amazonia. - G El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. - 1 The Pacific Ocean. - 2 Teleconnections. - H Other sources of climatic variations in the tropics. - 1 Cool ocean currents. - 2 Topographic effects. - 3 Diurnal variations. - I Forecasting tropical weather. - 1 Short- and extended-range forecasts. - 2 Long-range forecasts. - 12 BOUNDARY LAYER CLIMATES. - A Surface energy budgets. - B Non-vegetated natural surfaces. - 1 Rock and sand. - 2 Water. - 3 Snow and ice C Vegetated surfaces. - 1 Short green crops. - 2 Forests. - a Modification of energy transfers. - b Modification of airflow. - c Modification of the humidity environment. - d Modification of the thermal environment. - D Urban surfaces. - 1 Modification of atmospheric composition. - a Aerosols. - b Gases. - c Pollution distribution and impacts. - 2 Modification of the heat budget. - a Atmospheric composition. - b Urban surfaces. - c Human heat production. - d Heat islands. - 3 Modification of surface characteristics. - a Airflow. - b Moisture. - 4 Tropical urban climates. - 13 CLIMATE CHANGE. - A General considerations. - B Climate forcings and feedbacks. - 1 External forcing. - 2 Short-term forcing and feedback. - C The climatic record. - 1 The geological record. - 2 Late glacial and post-glacial conditions. - 3 The past 1000 years. - D Possible causes of recent climatic change. - 1 Circulation changes. - 2 Energy budgets. - 3 Anthropogenic factors. - E Model s

Note: Contents: Preface: Scientific activity of the Silesian University in the polar regions in 1977-1980. - PAPERS. - Ablation by calving and 20th century recession of glaciers in the Hornsund area (Spitsbergen). Preliminary results / Jacek Jania. - The occurence and origin of coarse crystalline calcite in the carbonate massiffs of Sørkappland (South Spitsbergen) / Łukasz Karwowski, Andrzej Kozik. - Surface run-off dynamics of the basin of the Nordfall Glacier steam (South Spitsbergen) / Jan Leszkiewicz. - Karst springs at the foot of Rasstupet wall in the South Spitsbergen in the investigations from 1978 / Jan Leszkiewicz. - Aeolian activity in the Gås Bay region (South Spitsbergen) / Tadeusz Szczypek. - Geomorphological activity of flowing waters on the Kaffiöyra plain (Spitsbergen) / Kazimierz Sendobry. - Preliminary characteristics of the basins in the vicinity of Henryk Arctowski Station on King George Island (South Shetlands) / Andrzej Kozik. - SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTATION. - Meteorological investigations in South Spitsbergen in the summer of 1978. Specification / Andrzej Kaminski. - Meteorological materials collected in South Spitsbergen in the summer of 1979. Specification / Andrzej Kaminski. - Preliminary results of hydrological and hydrochemical investigations in Fugleberget basin (SW Spitsbergen) / Wiesława Krawczyk, Marian Pulina. - Karst springs at the foot of the Rasstupet wall. Specification of 1978-1979 / Jan Leszkiewicz, Jerzy Wach, Jan Waga. - Scientific publications from the polar expeditions of the Silesian University. , In polnischer Sprache , Zusammenfassung in englischer und russischer Sprache

Note: Contents: 1 Background. - 2 Processing overview. - 2.1 AAPP. - 2.2 BUFR and CMA. - 2.3 Cloud mask and thinning in HIRLAM 3D-VAR. - 2.4 Radiative transfer calculations. - 2.5 Data selection. - 3 Bias correction and error statistics. - 3.1 The need for bias correction. - 3.2 Bias correction method. - 3.3 Background errors in observation space. - 3.4 Estimation of observation error covariance statistics. - 3.4.1 Rotated channels. - 3.4.2 Estimation from analysis departures (DNMI). - 3.4.3 Non-diagonal cost contributions. - 3.4.4 Approach using comparison with background error (SMHI). - 4 Impact studies. - 4.1 Overview. - 4.2 The May 2001 impact study at DNMI. - 4.3 December 1999 SMHI experiment. - 4.3.1 Data coverage and model area. - 4.3.2 Verification. - 4.3.3 Results. - 4.3.4 The "French storm". - 4.4 December 2001 NOAA 16 impact study at DMI. - 4.5 January 2002 NOAA 16 impact study at DMI. - 5 Ongoing and future work. - 5.1 Overview. - 5.2 Use of observations over ice. - 5.3 Moisture channels. - 5.4 Future sensors. - 6 Conclusions and outlook for the future. - Acknowledgment. - References.

Note: Landslide Tsunamis: Recent Findings and Research Directions / J.-P. Bardet, C. E. Synolakis, H. L. Davies, F. Imamura… / Pages 1793-1809 --- Characterization of Earthquake Strong Ground Motion / P. G. Somerville, R. W. Graves / Pages 1811-1828 --- The 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and its Fault Plane Estimated from Relocated Aftershocks / Nobuo Hurukawa, Yoshinobu Tsuji, Budi Waluyo / Pages 1829-1841 --- T Waves from the 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and its Aftershocks: Timing the Tsunamigenic Slump / Emile A. Okal / Pages 1843-1863 --- Triggering Mechanisms of Slope Instability and their Relationship to Earthquakes and Tsunamis / S. G. Wright, E. M. Rathje / Pages 1865-1877 --- Landslide-generated Tsunamis: Geotechnical Considerations / W. D. Liam Finn / Pages 1879-1894 --- The Aitape 1998 Tsunami: Reconstructing the Event from Interviews and Field Mapping / H. L. Davies, J. M. Davies, R. C. B. Perembo, W. Y. Lus / Pages 1895-1922 --- Possible Coseismic Large-scale Landslide off the Northern Coast of Papua New Guinea in July 1998: Geophysical and Geological Results from SOS Cruises / Takeshi Matsumoto, David R. Tappin / Pages 1923-1943 --- Tectonics and Slumping in the Source Region of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami from Seismic Reflection Images / S. Sweet, E. A. Silver / Pages 1945-1968 --- Erosion and Sedimentation from the 17 July, 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami / Guy Gelfenbaum, Bruce Jaffe / Pages 1969-1999 --- Mitigation Lessons from the July 17, 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami / Lori Dengler, Jane Preuss / Pages 2001-2031 --- Large-scale Basement-involved Landslides, California Continental Borderland / M. R. Legg, M. J. Kamerling / Pages 2033-2051 --- Failure of Marine Deposits and their Redistribution by Sediment Gravity Flows / J. P. M. Syvitski, E. W. H. Hutton / Pages 2053-2069 --- Re-examination of the Source Mechanism of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami / Fumihiko Imamura, Kazumasa Hashi / Pages 2071-2086 --- The July 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake: Mechanism and Quantification of Unusual Tsunami Generation / Kenji Satake, Yuichiro Tanioka / Pages 2087-2118 --- Field Survey and Numerical Simulations: A Review of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami / Patrick J. Lynett, Jose C. Borrero, Philip L.-F. Liu… / Pages 2119-2146 --- Tsunami Wave Height Dependence on Landslide Volume / T. S. Murty / Pages 2147-2153 --- Some Aspects of Energy Balance and Tsunami Generation by Earthquakes and Landslides / L. J. Ruff / Pages 2155-2176 --- A Theoretical Comparison of Tsunamis from Dislocations and Landslides / Emile A. Okal, Costas E. Synolakis / Pages 2177-2188 --- Normal Mode Energetics for Far-field Tsunamis Generated by Dislocations and Landslides / Emile A. Okal / Pages 2189-2221

Note: Contents: 1 Introduction ; 2 Income Taxation ; 3 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Consistent Preferences ; 4 Models of Optimal Lifetime Income Taxation with Time-Inconsistent Preferences ; 5 Incomplete Markets and Social Security ; 6 Models of Optimal Retirement Incentives with Varying Disutility of Labor ; 7 Models of Optimal Retirement Incentives with Varying Life Expectancy ; 8 Pension Insurance Reform with a Focus onGermany ; 9 Theory and Policy

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Preface Introduction Background Objectives and procedures Equipment used Radar TDR Definitions Massive ice Results Artificial wedge: Norwich, Vermont Ice wedges in sand: Fish Creek, Alaska Ice wedges: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Ice wedges under thawed fine-grained soils: North Slope, Alaska Wedge-like soil structures: Ft. Greely, Alaska TDR measurements Summary and concluding remarks Literature cited Appendix A: Brief discussion of dispersion

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Introduction Profiling system Theoretical considerations Field program Discussion Literature cited

Note: CONTENTS Abstrac Preface Introduction Purpose Scope Concept of accuracy Test selection Definition of parameters Piezometric head Use of piezometers Hydraulic conductivity Flow direction Specific discharge magnitude Transmissivity Volumetric flow rate Porosity Average linear velocity Storage coefficient-specific yield Aquifer dispersivity Parameter estimation techniques Piezometric head Hydraulic conductivity Direction and magnitude of specific discharge vector Transmissivity Volumetric flow rate Total porosity Average linear velocity Storage coefficient Specific yield Effective porosity Aquifer dispersivity-dispersion coefficients Conclusions Literature cited

Note: In kyrillischer Schrift

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Preface Conversion factors: U.S. customary to metric Introduction Glacial characteristics Water treatment Materials and methods Experimental design Pilot plant intake Hydrocyclone Chemical addition system Flocculation system Filtration system Pilot plant operations Coagulant chemical preparations Flow measurement Sampling Results and discussion Kenai River w ater quality Evaluation of pilot plant testing Performance of pilot plant elements Physical and chem ical variables Conclusions Recommendations Literature cited

Note: Zugleich: Dissertation, Freie Unversität Berlin, [ca. 1963] , INHALTSVERZEICHNIS PROBLEMSTELLUNG UND ZIELSETZUNG 1. BEMERKUNGEN ZUM BEOBACHTUNGSGELÄNDE UND ZUM BEOBACHTUNGSMATERIAL 1.1 Das Beobachtungsgelände 1.2 Das Beobachtungsmaterial 2. HOMOGENITÄTSBETRACHTUNGEN 2.1 Temperatur 2.2 Niederschlag 2.3 Wind 2.4 Sonnenschein und Bewölkung 3. TEMPERATURVERHÄLTNISSE 3.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 3.2 Tageswerte 3.3 Pentadenwerte 3.4 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 3.5 Interdiurne Veränderlichkeit 3.6 Der tägliche Gang 3.7 Vorkommen bestimmter Schwellenwerte 3.71 Frost- und Eistage 3.72 Sommer- und Tropentage 4. DER WASSERGEHALT DER LUFT 4.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 4.2 Tageswerte 4.3 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 4.4 Interdiurne Veränderlichkeit 4.5 Der tägliche Gang 5. BEWÖLKUNGSVERHÄLTNISSE 5.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 5.2 Tageswerte 5.3 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 5.4 Der tägliche Gang 5.5 Heitere und trübe Tage 5.6 Nebel 6. SONNENSCHEIN 6.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 6.2 Tageswerte 6.3 Der tägliche Gang 7. NIEDERSCHLAGSVERHÄLTNISSE 7.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 7.2 Niederschlagsbereitschaft 7.3 Tageswerte 7.4 Der tägliche Gang 7.5 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 7.6 Niederschlags- und Trockenperioden 7.7 Niederschlag und Wind· 7.8 Schneeverhältnisse 7.81 Schneefall und Schneedecke 7.82 Schneehöhe 7.9 Gewitter 8. WINDVERHÄLTNISSE 8.1 Windrichtung 8.2 Windgeschwindigkeit 8.21 Der jährliche Gang 8.22 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 8.23 Sturmtage und Windstillen 8.24 Der tägliche Gang 9.ZUSAMMENFASSUNG VERZEICHNIS DER TEXTTABELLEN VERZEICHNIS DER ABBILDUNGEN LITERATURVERZEICHNIS TABELLENANHANG

Note: Zugl.: Cambridge, Univ., Diss

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Preface Background Hierarchy of drag laws and simple models The momentum equation for the planetary boundary layer Linear eddy viscosity - the constant stress layer Two-layer eddy viscosity PBL scaling A dimensionless two-layer system A dimensionless two-layer system with modified stress Evaluating the drag laws Rossby similarity parameters and buoyancy effects Discussion Literature cited

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Preface Introduction Background Experimental procedures Ice specimens Mechanical test equipment Acoustic emission equipment Data recording Acoustic emission sources in ice Acoustic events and visible fracturing Source mechanisms Tests on ice single crystals General acoustic emission response Analysis of data Transient response Steady-state response Amplitude distribution Combined transient and steady-state response in the time domain Discussion Summary Literature cited

Note: In kyrillischer Schrift

Note: Prefatory material in French

Note: Contents Introduction Taxonomic classification adopted and floristic list References Nomenclatural proposals Index of taxa

Note: Contents: Contents: 1. A long, dark shadow over democratic politics ; 2. The doctrine of democratic irrationalism ; 3. Is democratic voting inaccurate? ; 4. The Arrow general possibility theorem ; 5. Is democracy meaningless? Arrow's condition of unrestricted domain ; 6. Is democracy meaningless? Arrow's condition of the independence of irrelevant alternatives ; 7. Strategic voting and agenda control ; 8. Multidimensional chaos ; 9. Assuming irrational actors: the Powell Amendment ; 10. Assuming irrational actors: the Depew amendment ; 11. Unmanipulating the manipulation: the Wilmot proviso ; 12. Unmanipulating the manipulation: the election of Lincoln ; 13. Antebellum politics concluded ; 14. More of Riker's cycles debunked ; 15. Other cycles debunked ; 16. New dimensions ; 17. Plebiscitarianism against democracy : 18. Democracy resplendent

Note: In kyrill. Schr., russ.

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: Annotation. - Zur genaueren Kenntnis der Ichnocoenose des Nereitenquarzits (Unterdevon) von Thüringen, Teil 2 / Arno Hermann Müller. - Entwurf einer biostratigraphischen Zonengliederung mittels der Spiloblattinidae (Blattodea, Insecta) für das kontinentale euramerische Permokarbon / Jörg Schneider. - Zur Taxonomie und Biostratigraphie neuer Conchostraken-Funde (Phyllopoda) aus dem Permokarbon und der Trias von Mitteleuropa / Thomas Martens. - Erster Nachweis von Charophyten im Unterrotliegenden / Heinz Kozur, Jörg Schneider & Harald Walter. - Neue Arthropodenfährten aus den Oberhöfer Schichten (Rotliegendes, Thüringer Wald) mit Bemerkungen über Ichnia limnisch-terrestrischer Tuffite innerhalb der varistischen Molasse / Harald Walter. - Zur Variabilität von Inoceramus balticus haldemensis GIERS aus dem Campan von Libyen / Karl-Armin Träger & Pavel Röhlich. - Zur Taxiologie und Ökologie der Erzeuger Heliocorhaphe- und Belorhaphe-ähnlicher Ichnia / Arno Hermann Müller. - Zur zeitlichen Entwicklung der Gattungsanzahl in Gruppen des Tierreiches, Teil. I Regressive Abläufe / Thomas Fiksel, Dietrich Stoyan & Helga Stoyan. - Autorenverzeichnis.

Note: Contents: Preface. - 1. Introduction and data manipulation. - 1.1. Why ordination?. - 1.2. Terminology. - 1.3. Types of analyses. - 1.4. Response variables. - 1.5. Explanatory variables. - 1.6. Handling missing values in data. - 1.7. Importing data from spreadsheets - WCanoImp program. - 1.8. Transformation of species data. - 1.9. Transformation of explanatory variables. - 2. Experimental design. - 2.1. Completely randomized design. - 2.2. Randomized complete blocks. - 2.3. Latin square design. - 2.4. Most frequent errors - pseudoreplications. - 2.5. Combining more than one factor. - 2.6. Following the development of objects in time - repeated observations. - 2.7. Experimental and observational data. - 3. Basics of gradient analysis. - 3.1. Techniques of gradient analysis. - 3.2. Models of species response to environmental gradients. - 3.3. Estimating species optima by the weighted averaging method. - 3.4. Calibration. - 3.5. Ordination. - 3.6. Constrained ordination. - 3.7. Basic ordination techniques. - 3.8. Ordination diagrams. - 3.9. Two approaches. - 3.10. Testing significance of the relation with environmental variables. - 3.11. Monte Carlo permutation tests for the significance of regression. - 4. Using the Canoco for Windows 4.5 package. - 4.1. Overview of the package. - 4.2. Typical flow-chart of data analysis with Canoco for Windows. - 4.3. Deciding on the ordination method: unimodal or linear?. - 4.4. PCA or RDA ordination: centring and standardizing. - 4.5. DCA ordination: detrending. - 4.6. Scaling of ordination scores. - 4.7. Running CanoDraw for Windows 4.0. - 4.8. New analyses providing new views of our data sets. - 5. Constrained ordination and permutation tests. - 5.1. Linear multiple regression model. - 5.2. Constrained ordination model. - 5.3. RDA: constrained PCA. - 5.4. Monte Carlo permutation test: an introduction. - 5.5. Null hypothesis model. - 5.6. Test statistics. - 5.7. Spatial and temporal constraints. - 5.8. Split-plot constraints. - 5.9. Stepwise selection of the model. - 5.10. Variance partitioning procedure. - 6. Similarity measures. - 6.1. Similarity measures for presence-absence data. - 6.2. Similarity measures for quantitative data. - 6.3. Similarity of samples versus similarity of communities. - 6.4. Principal coordinates analysis. - 6.5. Non-metric multidimensional scaling. - 6.6. Constrained principal coordinates analysis (db-RDA). - 6.7. Mantel test. - 7. Classification methods. - 7.1. Sample data set. - 7.2. Non-hierarchical classification (K-means clustering). - 7.3. Hierarchical classifications. - 7.4. TWINSPAN. - 8. Regression methods . - 8.1. Regression models in general. - 8.2. General linear model: terms. - 8.3. Generalized linear models (GLM). - 8.4. Loess smoother. - 8.5. Generalized additive models (GAM). - 8.6. Classification and regression trees. - 8.7. Modelling species response curves with CanoDraw. - 9. Advanced use of ordination. - 9.1. Testing the significance of individual constrained ordination axes. - 9.2. Hierarchical analysis of community variation. - 9.3. Principal response curves (PRC) method. - 9.4. Linear discriminant analysis. - 10. Visualizing multivariate data. - 10.1. What we can infer from ordination diagrams: linear methods. - 10.2. What we can infer from ordination diagrams: unimodal methods. - 10.3. Visualizing ordination results with statistical models. - 10.4. Ordination diagnostics. - 10.5. t-value biplot interpretation. - 11. Case study 1: Variation in forest bird assemblages. - 11.1. Data manipulation. - 11.2. Deciding between linear and unimodal ordination. - 11.3. Indirect analysis: portraying variation in bird community. - 11.4. Direct gradient analysis: effect of altitude. - 11.5.Direct gradient analysis: additional effect of other habitat characteristics. - 12. Case study 2: Search for community composition patterns and their environmental correlates: vegetation of spring meadows. - 12.1. The unconstrained ordination. - 12.2. Constrained ordinations. - 12.3. Classification. - 12.4. Suggestions for additional analyses. - 13. Case study 3: Separating the effects of explanatory variables. - 13.1. Introduction. - 13.2. Data. - 13.3. Data analysis. - 14. Case study 4: Evaluation of experiments in randomized complete blocks. - 14.1. Introduction. - 14.2. Data. - 14.3. Data analysis. - 15. Case study 5: Analysis of repeated observations of species composition from a factorial experiment. - 15.1. Introduction. - 15.2. Experimental design. - 15.3. Sampling. - 15.4. Data analysis. - 15.5. Univariate analyses. - 15.6. Constrained ordinations. - 15.7. Further use of ordination results. - 15.8. Principal response curves. - 16. Case study 6: Hierarchical analysis of crayfish community variation. - 16.1. Data and design. - 16.2. Differences among sampling locations. - 16.3. Hierarchical decomposition'of community variation. - 17. Case study 7: Differentiating two species and their hybrids with discriminant analysis. - 17.1. Data. - 17.2. Stepwise selection of discriminating variables. - 17.3. Adjusting the discriminating variables. - 17.4. Displaying results. - Appendix A: Sample datasets and projects. - Appendix B: Vocabulary. - Appendix C: Overview of available software. - References. - Index.

Note: Vorwort 5 --- Teil 1. Das "Monatsklima" in Deutschland --- Einführung 11 --- Das Wetter im Januar 13 --- Das Wetter im Februar 19 --- Das Wetter im März 24 --- Das Wetter im April 28 --- Das Wetter im Mai 32 --- Das Wetter im Juni 37 --- Das Wetter im Juli 41 --- Das Wetter im August 46 --- Das Wetter im September 50 --- Das Wetter im Oktober 54 --- Das Wetter im November 58 --- Das Wetter im Dezember 62 --- Teil 2. Aktuelle Wetterthemen --- Zwölf Luftmassen gestalten das Wetter in Deutschland 69 --- Mitteleuropäische Großwetterlagen, ihre Struktur und Auswirkung 77 --- Die schmutzige Atmosphäre - ein Problem unserer Zeit 87 --- Die Sonnenflecken und ihre Beziehung zum Wetter 91 --- Vorhersage von nassen und trockenen Sommern 97 --- Strenge Winter - heiße Sommer 100 --- Wetterfühligkeit und was man dagegen tun kann 105 --- Das biologische Klima der deutschen Landschaften 107 --- Der Mond und das Wetter 110 --- Rund um den ..Hundertjährigen {Calender" 114 --- Alte und neue Wetterregeln 117 --- Teil 3. Das Klima von Deutschland in Zahlen --- Der Wandel der Temperaturverhältnisse in Mitteleuropa im 20.Jahrhundert 121 --- Der Wandel der Niederschlagsverhältnisse in Deutschland im 20. Jahrhundert 127 --- Die Temperaturverhältnisse in acht deutschen Großstädten . . . . 132 --- Die Niederschlagsverhaltnisse in acht deutschen GroBstadten . . . 132 --- Die Temperaturverhaltnisse in Deutschland 133 --- Die Niederschlagsverhaltnisse in Deutschland 135 --- Die Datumsgrenzen von Frost und Schneefall in Deutschland . . . 137 --- Die warmsten und kaltesten Monate und Jahreszeiten in Mitteleuropa 139 --- Extreme Niederschlagswerte in Deutschland zwischen 1851 und 1980 140 --- Die Temperaturverhaltnisse aufMitteleuropas Bergen 141 --- Die Niederschlagsverhaltnisse im mitteleuropaischen Bergland . . 142 --- Die Sonnenscheindauer in acht deutschen GroBstadten 142 --- Die Sonnenscheinverhaltnisse aufMitteleuropas Bergen 143 --- Die Schneehohen in den Alpen 144 --- Zehnjahres-Mittelwerte von Temperatur und Niederschlag 144 --- Sonnenaufgangszeiten in sechs deutschen GroBstadten 145 --- Sonnenuntergangszeiten in sechs deutschen GroBstadten 146 --- Literaturverzeichnis 147 ---

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: 1. Einleitung. - 2. Ergebnisse. - 3. Schlußfolgerungen. - 4. Literatur.

Note: Inhalt: 8. Meereis. - Phänomene, Genese und Morphologie. - Zur Erforschung des Meereises. - Das Meereis als komplexe Erscheinung. - Das Meereis als Substrat. - Eisbildung und Gefriervorgänge. - Eisbildung auf dem Meere und Struktur der Meereisdecke. - Eisnomenklatur. - Formen des Meereises und Definitionen (Klassifikation). - Ejsbildungsphänomene an der oberen Grenzschicht des Meeres. - Schiffsvereisung, eine Erscheinung der Grenzschicht Hydrosphäre - Atmosphäre (Ozean - Luft). - Meereis an Küsten. - Eisbildung am Strand. - Eis und Eisbildung auf Watten. - Eisbildung an Steilküsten. - Das Meereis des Nordpolarmeeres und seiner Randmeere. - Zur Erforschung des Nordpolarmeeres und des polaren Meereises. - Nansen's Drift mit der „Fram" im Nordpolarmeer. - Die Driftbewegungen des arktischen Meereises des Nordpolarmeeres mit seinen Randmeeren. - Die Dynamik des Meereises im Nordpolarmeer nach Drifteis-Stationen. - Die jahreszeitliche Schwankung der Eisbedeckung des Nordpolarmeeres. - Form des Meeresbodens des Nordpolarmeeres. - Bilanz und Wassermassenaustausch des Nordpolarmeeres mit dem Atlantischen und Pazifischen Ozean. - Die Vereisung des Nordpolarmeeres und seiner Randmeere in ihrem Zusammenhang mit dem Wasserhaushalt. - Anthropogene Eingriffe und Projekte zur Veränderung der polaren Umwelt. - Eis des Meeres als Hindernis für den Seeverkehr. - Das Eis als besondere Grenzschicht des Meeres für die Schiffahrt. - Die Nordostpassage, arktischer Seeweg zwischen Atlantischem und Pazifischem Ozean innerhalb des eurasischen Kontinents: der sibirische Seeweg. - Der sibirische Seeweg. - Die Nordwestpassage - arktische Seeverbindung zwischen Atlantischem und Pazifischem Ozean um den nordamerikanischen Kontinent. - Erdöl in den Randmeeren des Nordpolarmeeres: Transportproblem und Ausbeute. - Umweltbedingungen und Nutzung der arktischen Region. - Meereis im Nordatlantischen Ozean und Nebenmeeren. - Eisberge im Nordatlantischen Ozean und Eis um Grönland. - Eiserkundung mit Luft- und Satellitenbildern. - Die Vereisung der Ostsee. - Zur Vereisung von Nebenmeeren in Nordamerika. - Das Meereis im Jahreshaushalt. - Wirkung und Mechanismus von Flußsystemen auf Wasser und Eis des Nordpolarmeeres. - Eisbedeckung des Nordpolarmeeres und Klimaschwankungen. - Das Meereis der Antarktis. - Zur Erforschung des Meereises um die Antarktis. - Die Eisschelfe: Größe, Form, Entstehung, Haushalt. - Eisberge der Antarktis. - Packeis der antarktischen Meeresregionen. - Eisgrenzen und Wassermassen des Südpolarmeeres. - Das Meereis, besonders der Antarktis, als klimatischer Faktor. - Die Polkappen der Erde im Satellitenbild. - Nachtrag (Ergänzung). - Mehrjährige Variation der antarktischen Meereisbedeckung (Südpolarregion). - Antarktischer Meereisaufbruch im Satellitenbild. - Die Eiskappe der Antarktis. - Der Meeresboden des Südpolarmeeres in bathymetnschen Profilen. - Rechtsverhältnisse der Antarktis und des südlichen Polarmeers. - Zur gegenwärtigen Polarforschung der BRD. - Polarexpeditionen der BRD. - Zu den Rechtsverhältnissen im Nordpolarmeer. - Das Polarmeer in morphographischer Darstellung. - Dynamik von Packeisfeldern (Ergänzung). - Literatur. - Institutionen zur Polarforschung. - Eisschlüssel und Eissymbole. - Sachregister.

Note: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface. - A summary of key issues addressed in this document. - 1: Brief Overview of the Science on Water and Climate. - 1.1 Introduction. - 1.2 Climatic Information. - 1.2.1 Current expectations of future climate in light of uncertainties. - 1.2.2 Anticipated global climate change and water resources. - 1.2.3 Regional climate change. - 1.3 Water Resources. - 1.3.1 Why do water resources matter?. - 1.3.2 What do we know from past experiences of climate variability and change?. - 1.3.3 What do we expect for the future?. - 1.3.4 How reliable is our information?. - 1.3.5 How do we prepare for the future?. - 1.4 Impacts of Climate Change on Water-Related Extremes: Background. - 1.5 Floods. - 1.5.1 Why do floods matter?. - 1.5.2 What do we know from the past about floods?. - 1.5.3 What do we expect for the future?. - 1.5.4 What are our information needs on flow data?. - 1.5.5 How do we prepare for the future?. - 1.6 Droughts. - 1.6.1 Why do droughts matter?. - 1.6.2 What do we know from the past about droughts?. - 1.6.3 What do we expect for the future?. - 1.6.4 What are our information needs?. - 1.6.5 How do we prepare for the future?. - 1.7 Concluding Thoughts. - 2: Coping with Climate Variability and Climate Change in Water Resources. - 2.1 Introduction. - 2.2 Who are Water Managers and What do They Manage?. - 2.3 Integrated Water Resources Management as Prerequisite for Coping and Adaptation. - 2.3.1 What is IWRM?. - 2.3.2 Spatial and temporal scale issues in IWRM. - 2.3.3 IWRM in developing countries. - 2.4 Coping Strategies for Dealing with Uncertainties Associated with Climate Variability and Change. - 2.4.1 Water resources engineering. - 2.4.2 Agriculture. - 2.4.3 Climate forecasting. - 2.4.4 Indigenous coping strategies. - 2.4.5 Approaches to adapting to and coping with climate variability and change. - 2.5 Concluding Thoughts. - 3: A Conceptual Framework for Identifying ‘Hot Spots’ of Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Climate Change. - 3.1 ‘Hot Spots’: Regions of High Vulnerability. - 3.2 Identifying and Assessing Hot Spots of Water Resources Vulnerability with Respect to Climate Change. - 3.3 Related Research That Can Contribute to Hot Spot Assessment. - 3.4 Development Needed for Improved Vulnerability Assessment. - 3.5 First Steps Towards a New Framework for Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources. - 3.5.1 The suggested framework. - 3.5.2 Hot spots at different spatial and temporal scales. - 3.6 Examples of Applying the Framework. - 3.6.1 The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin. - 3.6.2 Over-abstracted aquifers in the Mediterranean. - 3.7 Concluding Thoughts. - 4: Policy Analysis and Institutional Frameworks in Climate and Water. - 4.1 Introduction. - 4.2 Evolution of a Political Framework for Water Resource Management. - 4.3 Critical Review of Present Approaches and Policy Responses with Regard to IWRM. - 4.4 Institutional Decision-Making on Water and Climate in the North and South. - 4.4.1 Data and decisions. - 4.4.2 North-South collaboration and dialogue. - 4.4.3 National and regional power structures. - 4.5 Barriers to Success in Current Practices in Water Resources Management. - 4.6 Identification of Solutions. - 4.6.1 The need for new paradigms. - 4.6.2 Economic stability and access to markets. - 4.6.3 Institutional capacity for water management. - 4.6.4 Participation in water management. - 4.6.5 Information sharing and awareness. - 4.6.6 The facilitating role of government. - 4.6.7 Co-operative agreements. - 4.7 Challenges and Recommendations. - 4.7.1 The political debate on ‘the poor’. - 4.7.2 The political debate on climate change. - 4.7.3 Institutional capacity building. - 4.8 Concluding Thoughts. - Appendix A: Summary of Findings from IPCC (2001) Reports on the Theme of Water and Climate. - A.1 Preamble. - A.2 Introduction. - A.3. Current State of Climate Change and Water Research Since the IPCC’s Second Assessment Report of 1995. - A.4 Climate Scenarios. - A.5 Climate Modelling. - A.6 Effects on the Hydrological Cycle. - A.6.1 Precipitation. - A.6.2 Evapotranspiration. - A.6.3 Soil moisture. - A.6.4 Groundwater recharge. - A.6.5 River flows. - A.6.6 Other Hydrological Responses. - A.7 Effects of Climate Change on Water Withdrawals. - A.8 Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources. - A.9 Adaptation Options and Management Implications. - Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms. - Appendix C: Glossary of Terms. - Appendix D: List of Authors and their Affiliations. - References.

Note: Contents: PREFACE. - SECTION I. HISTORY OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN IN THE CENOZOIC ERA. - Linear and Areal Morphostructures of the Arctic Ocean Floor / V. D. Dibner. - Fluctuations in Arctic Climate as Revealed by Floor Sediment Analysis / N. A. Belov, N. N. Lapina. - Stratification and Rate of Accumulation of Floor Sediments of the Soviet Arctic Seas / N. N. Kulikov, N. N. Lapina, Yu. P. Semenov, N. A. Belov, M. A. Spiridonov. - Palynologic Study of Kara Sea Floor Sediment Cores / N. N. Kulikov, R. M. Khitrova. - Geologic Structure of the Glacial Shelves of the Atlantic Province of the Arctic Basin / M. A. Spiridonov. - Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of Spitsbergen in the Pleistocene / Yu. A. Lavrushin. - Role of Glaciers in Franz Josef Land Relief Formation / V. L. Sukhodrovskii. - Reconstruction of the Late- and Post-Pleistocene Arctic Basin Ice Sheet / P. M. Borisov. - Changes in the Arctic Basin since the Last Glaciation Maximum / D. P. Chizhov. - SECTION II. ARCTIC FLORA AND FAUNA AND THE HISTORY OF THEIR FORMATION. - Some Problems of Study of the Early Cenophytic Arctic Flora / L. Yu. Budantsev. - Arctic Flora and Its Historical Link with the Arctic Ocean / A. I. Tolmachev, B. A. Yurtsev. - Wide Fluctuations in Ocean Level in the Quaternary period and Their Influence on the Arctic Ocean Basin and its biological community / G. U. Lindberg. - Fresh Data on the Food of the Siberian Woolly Rhinoceros / V. E. Garutt, E. P. Meteltseva, B. A. Tikhomirov. - Characteristics of the Arctic Ocean Fauna and their significance for understanding the History of its formation / E. F. Guryanova. - Formation of macroscopic marine algal flora of the Arctic Basin / A. D. Zinova, Yu. E. Petrov. - The Concept of the Arctic origin of Pinnipeds and other solutions of this problem / K. K. Chapskii. - Ecological Adaptations of Pinnipeds in the Atlantic Province of the Polar Basin / V. A. Potelov, Yu. K. Timoshenko. - A General Review of th PIeistocene Marine Faunas of the Northern Coast of Eurasia / S. L. Troitskii. - History of the Evolution of Marine Mollusk Fauna of the Late Cenozoic Atlantic Arctic / V. S. Zarkhidze. - Late Cenozoic History of Foraminifera of the Pechora Lowland and Northern West Siberia / O. F. Baranovskaya, V. Ya. Slobodin. - Species composition of Modern Foraminifera as an Indication of the Arctic Sea's hydrological regime / S. V. Tamanova. - SECTION Ill. PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES IN THE LATE CENOZOIC ERA. - Paleogeography of Northern USSR and contiguous areas of the Arctic Basin / G. S. Ganeshin. - North Eurasia in the Late Cenozoic Era / Yu. P. Degtyarenko, V. V. Zhukov, N. G. Zagorskaya, O. A. Ivanov, V. I. Kaiyalainen, Yu. N. Kulakov, A. P. Puminov, V. Ya. Slobodin, O. V. Suzdalskii. - On the History of the Migration of the Arctic Basin Shoreline in the Cenozoic Era / S. A. Strelkov. - Causes of Fluctuations in the Arctic Basin Level in the Neogene-Quaternary Period / J. L. Kuzin. - Spore-Pollen Analysis of Late Cenozoic Marine Sediments in the Reconstruction of the Paleogeography of the Arctic Coasts / N. G. Zagorskaya, F. M. Levina. - Forest Line Migration in North Asia in the Upper Pleistocene and Holocene (Based on Spore-Pollen Analysis) / R. E. Giterman, L. V. Golubeva, E. V. Koreneva, L. A. Skiba. - Holocene Transgressions and Variations in the Northern Coastline of the Kola Peninsula / B. I. Koshechkin, A. L. Kudlaeva. - Interpretation of Radiocarbon Datings of the Absolute Age of Organic Residues from the Upper Anthropogene Deposits of Fennoscandia / V. G. Chuvardinskii. - Structure and Stratigraphic Division of White Sea Bottom Deposits / V. S. Medvedev, E. N. Nevesskii, L. I. Govberg, E. S. Malyasova, R. N. Dzhinoridze, E. A. Kirienko. - Principal Stages in the History of the Vegetation of the Dvina Bay Coast of the White Sea during the Late- and Postglacial Transgression / E. S. Pleshivtseva. - Quaternary Transgressions in the Northern Russian Plain and Their Relationship with Continental Glaciations / E. N. Bylinskii. - Anthropogene Deposit-Forming Environments on Kolguev Island / O. F. Baranovskaya, T. A. Matveeva. - Cenozoic History of the Northern Coast of Europe / V. S. Zarkhidze. - Stages of Formation of the Southern Part of the Arctic Basin in Timan-Pechora Province in the Late Cenozoic Era / O. F. Baranovskaya, P. N. Safronov, G. N. Berdovskaya. - Pliocene-Pleistocene History of the Pechora Basin / V. L. Yakhimovich. - Paleogeography and Origin of Cenozoic Rocks in Soviet Europe as Revealed by Hydrochemical Data / V. D. Bezrodnov. - Study of Paleogeography and Neotectonics of Some Regions of the European Northeast by Coal Petrography / Yu. V. Stepanov. - History of the Formation of Arctic Shelf Foraminifer Fauna (Based on Data on the Timan-Ural Region) / I. N. Semenov. - Evolution of Pleistocene Marine Diatom Flora in the Northeast of Soviet Europe / E. I. Loseva. - Quaternary Deposits of the Middle Pechora and Vychegda River Basins / A. S. Lavrov. - Late Pleistocene Terraces in the Northeast of Soviet Europe and the Environments in which They were Formed / L. M. Potapenko, A. S. Lavrov. - Key Sections of the Lower Pechora and Their Importance for an Understanding of the Last Stages of the Geological Evolution of Northeastern Soviet Europe / V. S. Zarkhidze, I. I. Krasnov, M. A. Spiridonov, Yu. A. Lavrushin, I. I. Ryumina. - Siberian Elements in the Flora of the Far Northeast of Europe and Their Origin / O. V. Rebristaya. - Some Geographical Relationships of Ural Floras and Their Importance for Paleogeography / K. N. lgoshina. - Ostracod Complexes from the Late Cenozoic Marine Deposits of Northern Soviet Europe and West Siberia and Their Importance for Paleogeography / O. M. Lev. - Paleogeography of the Northern West Siberian Lowland and Russian Plain in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene / M. G. Kipiani, A. D. Kolbutov. - Mammals and Landscapes of the Northern Urals in the Late Anthropogene / I. E. Kuzmina. - Pleistocene Transgressions in Northern West Siberia and the Pechora Lowland / I. D. Danilov. - Salient Paleogeographic Features of the Pechora Lowland and Lower Ob Basin in the Neogene Epoch / P. P. Generalov, I. L. Kuzin, I. L. Zaionts, R. B. Krapivner. - Some Problems of the Quaternary Geology of Northern Soviet Europe and West Siberia / A. G. Kostyaev. - Northern West Siberia in the Pliocene and Pleistocene / O. V. Suzdalskii. - Boreal Transgressions and the Origin of Subsurface Sheet Ice Deposits / B. I. Vtyurin. - Dependence of Certain Types of Subsurface Glaciation in West Siberia on the Peculiarities of the Polar Sea / A .I. Popov. - History of Subsurface Freezing in West Siberia in the Light of Transgression of the Arctic Basin / V. V. Baulin. - New Data on the History of the Evolution of the Pre-Kazantseva and Kazantseva Vegetation in the Muzhi Urals and Southern Yamal (Based on Palynological Data) / E. E. Gurtovaya. - New Data on the Distribution of Recent Marine Deposits in West Siberia / I. L. Zaionts, Z. I. Kholodova. - Pleistocene Diatom Floras of the Yenisei North / Z. V. Aleshinskaya. - Some Upper Cenozoic Stratotypes of the Ust-Yenisei Depression / V. Ya. Slobodin. - Transgressions of the Arctic Basin and Evolution of the Yenisei North in the Pleistocene (Absolute Chronology of Events by 14C Dating) / N. V. Kind, L. D. Sulerzhitskii. - Kargin Diatoms from the Key Section of the Lower Yenisei / N. A. Khalfina. - Spread of Late Cenozoic Transgressions of the Arctic Basin in the Northwestern Central Siberian Tableland / V. D. Kryukov, V. V. Rogozhin. - Paleogeography of Northeastern Taimyr in the Quaternary Period (Based on Geological and Palynological Data) / G. N. Berdovskaya, N. A. Gei, V. M. Makeev. - Emergence and Development of Pleistocene Landscapes in the Eastern North Siberian Lowland / V. V. Zhukov, N. A. Pervuninskaya, L. Ya. Pinchuk. - History of Relief Formation in the Eastern North Siberian Lowland and the Adjoi

Note: Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTERNAL CYCLING AND THROUGHPUT : Pathways from River Mouth to Sea Floor Depth Profiles of Sea Salt Composition Constituent Classification The Chemical Composition of Marine Organic Matter Composition of Particulate Matter Caught in Sediment Traps A Simple Model for Biologically Utilized CDnstituents The Distributions of Biointermediate Constituents Estimation of Input Rates Horizontal Segregation of CDnstituents in the Deep Sea Summary CHAPTER 2 THE SEDIMENTARY SINK Factors Influencing the Distribution of Sedimentary Constituents Introduction Sediment Types Distribution of Opal Production Opal Solution on the Sea Floor Distribution of Calcite in Marine Sediments Degree of Calcite Saturation Variation in the Carbonate Ion Content of Sea Water Spacial Variations in the CaC0 3 Saturation of Sea Water Factors Controlling the Rate of Calcite Solution Thickness and Shape of the Sublysocline Transition Zone Variation of Sediment Type with Time Manganese Nodules Summary CHAPTER 3 THE ATMOSPHERIC IMPRINT : The Cycles of Gases within the Sea Introduction Solubilities of Gases in Sea Water The Rate of Gas Exchange Stagnant Film Thickness Derived from Natural Radiocarbon Stagnant Film Thicknesses Determined by the Radon Method Oxygen Concentrations in Surface Ocean Water Oxygen Deficiencies in the Deep Sea The Marine N2O Cycle Excess Helium The Carbon Dioxide Content of Surface Ocean Water Origin of the Equatorial Pacific CO2 Anomaly Summary CHAPTER 4 REACTIVE METALS AND THE GREAT PARTICULATE SWEEP : The Cycle of Metals in the Sea Introduction Products of Uranium and Thorium Decay Thorium Isotopes in the Sea Protactinium-231 to Thorium-230 Activity Ratios The Distribution of Lead-210 The Distribution of Polonium-210 The Distribution of Radium-226 Anthropogenic Plutonium in the Sea Toward a Model of Metal Transport Distributions of Stable Metals in the Sea Stable Isotope Ratios in Reactive Metals Transport of Iron and Manganese in the Sea Lessons from Controlled Ecosystem Studies Distribution Coefficients Summary CHAPTER 5 HOW FAST DOES THE MILL GRIND? : Rates of Vertical Mixing and Sediment Accumulation Introduction Rate of Vertical Mixing Implication to the Distribution of Radium-226 Distribution of Radiocarbon in the Ocean Rate of Continental Runoff Sediment Accumulation Rates Radiocarbon Dating Uranium Series Dating Beryllium Dating Potassium-Argon Dating Agreement Among Dating Methods Comparison of Model and Observed Rates of CaC0 3 Solution Summary CHAPTER 6 WHAT KEEPS THE SYSTEM IN WHACK? : Control Mechanisms Operating in the Sea Introduction Phosphate Controls Silicate Controls Carbon Controls Interactions between the Phosphate and Carbon Controls Nitrate Controls Dissolved Oxygen Controls Major Anion Controls Major Cation Controls Possible Causes for Perturbations Recorders of Paleoocean Chemistry The Marine Geochemistry of Carbon-13 The Uranium Content of Coral Factors Influencing Nutrient Gradients in the Deep Sea Summary CBAPTER 7 FREIGHT TRAINS AND FICKIAN CONFUSION : The Movement of Water Through the Deep Sea Introduction Types of Motion One Dimensional Advection - Diffusion Model Tracers for Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Mixing Rates Based on Radon-222 and Radium-228 The Distribution of Helium-3 in the Deep Pacific Sources of Deep Water Northern Component Water Conservative Properties of NCW Initial Radiocarbon to Carbon Ratio in NCW Feed for NCW Production Southern Component Water Ventilation of the Deep Atlantic Ocean Ventilation of the Deep Pacific and Indian Oceans The Grand Cycle of Radiocarbon in the Deep Ocean Biological Short-Circuiting Temporal Variations in Radiocarbon Production Argon-39 Summary CHAPTER 8 THE ANTHROPOGENIC INVASION : The Movement of Water Through the Oceanic Thermocline Introduction Input Functions Hydrology of the Main Thermocline Tritium Distribution within the Thermocline Temporal Trends in Tritium Tritium as a Guide to Deep Water Formation Supplementary Information from Strontium-90 Bomb Carbon-14 Distribution within the Thermocline Explanations for Low Equatorial Bomb Carbon-14 Inventories Implications of Equatorial Upwelling to the Tritium Budget An Upwelling Rate Based on the Equatorial CO2 Anomaly Helium-3 Distribution in the Main Oceanic Thermocline Purposeful Tracers Summary CHAPTER 9 ICE SHEETS AND OCEAN PHOSPHATE : Glacial to Interglacial Changes in Ocean Chemistry Introduction Temperature and Salinity Changes Formation and Destruction of Organic Materials Changes in CaCO3 Storage Evidence for an Early Post-Glacial Lysocline Change Changes in Phosphate Concentration The Combined Evidence from Deep Sea Cores Cause of the Oceanic Phosphate Change An Alternate Scenario Wrap Up of the CO2 Record The Oxygen Record Glacial to Interglacial Changes in Ocean Mixing Rate Glacial to Interglacial Lysocline Changes Changes in the Distribution of Nutrients in the Deep Sea Summary CHAPTER 10 CAN MAN OVERRIDE THE CONTROLS? : The Buildup of Fossil Fuel CO2 in the Atmosphere and Oceans Introduction CO2 Production in the Past CO2 Production in the Future Capacity of the Sea for Fossil Fuel CO2 Uptake Utilizable Capacity - Simplified Calculation Utilizable Capacity - Rigorous Calculation Kinetics of Fossil Fuel CO2 Uptake by the Sea Numerical Model crosschecks on the Validity of the Numerical Model Prediction of Future CO2 Levels Solution of Sea Floor Calcite Summary REFERENCES, CONSTANTS, DEFINITIONS, ABBREVIATIONS AND INDEX Introduction to the References Subject Outline for the References Annotated Reference List Frequently Used Constants Definitions of Isotope Notations Abbreviations Index Foldout Caption

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Preface Introduction Scope of work Ice discharge from Lake Huron into St. Clair River Water velocity profiles at Port Huron Ice conditions Physical model Basis for selection Description Instrumentation Model ice control structure Open water calibration Open water tests Experimental procedures and techniques Ice cover calibration Ice control structure orientation Analysis of ice discharge due to ship transits Natural ice Synthetic ice Forces on the ice control structure Static measurements Dynamic force measurements Potential additional shear stresses Anticipated ice conditions with ICS Conclusions Literature cited Appendix A. Application of model results Appendix B. Suggested additional studies Appendix C. Derivation of ice discharge

Note: CONTENTS Carlo Doglioni and Eugenio Carminati: The effect of four subductions in N/E-Italy Alfred Hirn: Geophysical data and collisional belt: Pyrenees and Himalayas Onno Oncken: The Andes mountain belt - comparing the geophysical architecture of a subduction orogen with collisional belts Ewald Lueschen, Helmut Gebrande, Karl Millahn und Rinaldo Nicolich: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP WORKING GROUP: deep crustal vibroseis and explosive profiling Daniela Borrini, Luca Bertelli, Roberto Fantoni, Alfredo Mazzotti, Giacomo Mezzadra and Rinaldo Nicolich: High resolution processing of vibrosets data Karl Millahn, Ewald Lueschen and Helmut Gebrande: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP Working Group: cross-line recording for 3D-Control Florian Bleibinhaus: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP Working Group: refraction and wide-angle reflection seismic traveltime tomography Jörn Kummerow, Reiner Kind, Onno Oncken Kurt Wylegalla, and Frank Scherbaum: Seismic profiling by the TRANSALP Working Croup: receiver functions image and Upper Mantle anisotropy Rüdiger Thomas, Kurt Bram, Klaus Schwerd and Jürgen Fertig: High-resolution reflection seismics and hydrocarbon industry profiles at the northern part of the TRANSALP profile Marcello Bernabini, Pierluigi Bernardelli, Carlo Comin, Franco Coren, Salvatore Giammetti, Roberto Longoni, Rinaldo Nicolich, Luciana Orlando, Franco Palmieri and Claudio Zanolla: Gravimetnc data base and 2001 surveys Jörg Ebbing and Hans-Jürgen Götze: The collision of the European and Adriatic plates in the Eastern Alps - insights from 3D density modelling and isostatic investigations Roberto Cassinis and Salvatore Scarascia: The structure of the deep crust and Moho boundary along the TRANSALP according to the DSS data: a contribution to the lateral extension of the model Stefano Solarino, Eduard Kissling, Dario Slejko, Claudio Eva, Elena Eva, and Alessandro Rebez: Seismotectonics of eastern Veneto in the light of the TRANSALP experiment Wolfgang A. Lenhardt: Seismicity in Tyrol in relation to the TRANSALP profile Jörg Ansorge, Regina Lippitsch and Eduard Kissling: Lithosphere structure of the Alpine arc: new evidence from high-resolution teleseismic tomography Giuliano F. Panza, Reneta Raykova, Chimera Giordano and Abdelkarim Aoudia: Multiscale surface wave tomography in the Alps Antonella Peresan, Alexandre Gorshkov, Alexandre Soloviev, Inessa Vorobieva, and Giuliano F. Panza : Morfostructural zonation and block model dynamics in the Alps and surrounding regions Ernst Willingshofer, Dimitrios Sokoutis and Jean-Pierre Burg : Collisional tectonics and the deep structure of the Eastern Alps: inferences from lithospheric-scale analogue modelling Klaus Ullemeyer, Siegfried Siegesmund, and Patrick N. J. Rosolofosaon: Experimental and texture-derived P-wave velocities from the TRANSALP seismic traverse - preliminary results Hans-Dieter Vosteen, Christoph Clauser, and Bernd Lammerer: The thermal regime of the Eastern Alps: results from inverse analyses along tbe TRANSALP traverse Stefan Schlömer, Eckhard Faber, Alfred Hollerbach, Manfred Teschner, Bernd Lammerer, Ewald Lueschen, and Jürgen Poggenburg: Hydrocarbon gases in sediments from shot holes - Transalp Section Carla Braitenberg, Jörg Ebbing, and Hans-Jürgen Götze: New Inputs from the Transalp transect to the understanding of isotasy in the Eastern Alps Igor Cerovsky, Wolfgang Frisch and Bruno Meurers: Gravity and magnetic modelling in 3D Andrea Argnani and Claudia Piromallo: The evolution of the Alpine orogen of Eastern Europe: insights from plate kinematics and comparison with mantle tomography Franco Pettenati, Livio Sirovich and Francesco Gentile: Validation of some Transalp results (southern segment) by source inversion of the Cansiglio, 1936 earthquake Francesco Paolo Sassi, Luigi Burlini, Bernardo Cesare, Antonio Galgaro, Claudio Mazzoli, Sandro Meli, Luca Peruzzo, Raffaele Sassi, and Richard Spiess: Crustal modelling of a type area in Eastern Alps: a multidisciplinary attempt Muriel Gerbault, and Ernst Willingshofer: Thermo-mechanical modelling and indentation tectonics: how important is lower crustal rheology? Gian Battista Vai: Palaeozoic palaeotectonis of the eastern Southern Alps: implications for the Transalp Profile Silvano Sinigoi, James E. Quick, Gabriella Peressini and Adriano Mayer: An example of the Apulian lower crust: the lvrea-Verbano zone Maria Iole Spalla and Guido Grosse: Permian-Triassic magmatism and the tectonothermal evolution of the Austroalpine and South-Alpine lithosphere Claudio L. Rosenberg: Ascent of tbe Periadriatic Plutons: a review with implications for the TRANSALP transect Alfonso Bosellini, Piero Gianolla and Marco Stefani: The evolution of the Triassic carbonate platforms in the Dolomites, Northern Italy Vincenzo Picotti, Miriam Cobianchi, Roberto Fantoni, and Daniele Masetti: Platform to basin transittons: tectonic control and patterns in the Mesozoic of the eastern Southern Alps Patrizia Macera, Daniela Gasperini, Katiuscia Maffei, Silvana Martin and Claudia Piromallo: Tertiary magmatism in the Eastern Alps Luca Bertelli, Luigi Cantelli, Alberto Castellarin, Roberto Fantoni, Alessandro Mosconi, Mattia Sella and Luigi Selli: Upper crustal style, shortening and deformation ages in the Alps along the southern sector of the TRANSALP profile Massimiliano Zattin, Andrea Cuman, Roberto Fantoni, Silvana Martin, Paolo Scotti, and Cristina Stefani: Thermochronological evolution of the Southern Alps along the TRANSALP profile Roberto Fantoni, Bruno Della Vedova, Michela Giustiniani, Rinaldo Nicolich, Chiara Barbieri, Anna Del Ben, Icilio Finetti and Alberta Castellarin: Deep seismic profiles through the Venetian and Adriatic foreland (Northern Italy) Chiara Barbieri, Giovanni Bertotti, Daniele Catellani, Andrea Di Giulio, Roberto Fantoni and Nicoletta Mancin: Flexural response of the Venetian foreland to the Southalpine orogeny analysed through 2D crustal modelling Alberta M. RrvA and Marco M. SrEFANI: Synvolcanic deformation and intraplat/orm collapsing: the Latemar case history from the Middle Triassic of the Dolomites Marco Stefani and Riccardo Caputo: Synvolcanic carbonate production at scalloped platform margins: examples from the Middle Triassic Catinaccio Buildups (Dolomites, Italy) Riccardo Caputo and Marco Stefanil: Understanding poly nucleated carbonate platforms through palinspastic restoration: example from Middle Triassic of the Dolomites Giovanni Battista Carulli, Andrea Cozzi, Daniele Masetti, Enrico Pernarcic, Fulvio Podda and Maurizio Ponton: Middle Triassic- Early Jurassic extensional tectonics in the Carnian Prealps (eastern Southern Alps, N. E. Italy) Riccardo Caputo, Eliana Pou and Adriano Zanferrari: Neogene-Quaternary twist tectonics in the eastern Southern Alps, Italy Adriano Zanferrari, Eliana M. Pou and Sergio Rogledi: The external thrust-belt of eastern Southern Alps in Friuli (NE Italy) Martin Thöni: Garnet chronometry in the Eastern Alps: insight into the polyphase nature of a composite orogenic structure Silvana Martin: Tectonic setting and pre-Alpine evolution of the Tonale nappe, Eastern Austroalpine Georg Hoinkes: The "Alpine" metamorphic evolution of the Austroalpine basement: comparative petrological data from the Ötztal- and Wölz-Complex Franz Neubauer: Tectonic evolution of the Eastern Alps: from Permian rifting to Cretaceous and Tertiary collisions Mark R. Handy, Claudio. L. Rosenberg, Ralph Wagner and Maja Wegmann: Tertiary exhumation and strike-slip tectonics in the Austroalpine basement: implications for deep structure of the TRANSALP section Bernd Lammerer: The Tauern Window - key to the understanding of the Eastern Alps Franz Neubauer, Ada Kiss and Cestmir Tomek: Control of the collisional architecture by inherited, passive-margin structures: the European crust in the TRANSALP section compared with borehole and other seismic sections of the northern Eastern Alps Hugo Ortner, Franz Reiter and Reiner Brandner: Kinematic

Note: CONTENTS Abstract Preface Introduction General behavior of underwater explosions Regression analysis for ice-blasting data General features of the regression curves Use of the regression curves as design curves for ice blasting Row charges and pattern charges Response of floating ice sheets to underwater explosions Specific energy and “powder factor” Summary and conclusions Literature cited Appendix A: Basic data on ice blasting Appendix B: Scaled input data Appendix C: Initial regression analysis using complete polynomial Appendix D: Regression analysis with two coefficients of the original poly­nomial deleted