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UNINA9910791536703321 |
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Autore |
Vergara Walter <1950-> |
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Assessment of the risk of Amazon dieback / / Walter Vergara and Sebastian Scholz |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2011 |
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1-282-96654-5 |
9786612966545 |
0-8213-8622-0 |
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xiv, 95 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps. ; ; 26 cm |
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Climatic changes - Amazon River Region - Forecasting - Computer simulation |
Deforestation - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
Forest biomass - Carbon content - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
Forest microclimatology - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
Rain forest plants - Climatic factors - Amazon River Region - Computer simulation |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Modeling Future Climate in the Amazon Using the Earth Simulator; 3. Assessment of Future Rainfall over the Amazon Basin; 4. Analysis of Amazon Forest Response to Climate Change; 5. Interplay of Climate Impacts and Deforestation in the Amazon; 6. Conclusions; Appendixes; References; Back Cover |
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The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Not only is the old-growth rainforests in the basin huge carbon storage with about 120 billion metric tons of carbon in their biomass, but they also process annually twice the rate of global anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions through respiration and photosynthesis. In addition, the basin is the largest global repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 percent of the world's flow of fresh water into the oceans. |
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Despite the large CO2 efflux from recent deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is still considered to be a net carbon |
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UNINA9910813110903321 |
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Titolo |
Active plasmonics and tuneable plasmonic materials / / edited by Anatoly V. Zayats, Stefan Maier |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley ; Science Wise Publishing, c2013 |
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9781118634394 |
111863439X |
9781118634424 |
111863442X |
9781118634455 |
1118634454 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 pages) |
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A Wiley-Science Wise Co-Publication |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ZayatsA. V (Anatoly V.) |
MaierStefan A |
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Plasmons (Physics) |
Metamaterials |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Active Plasmonics and Tuneable Plasmonic Metamaterials; Contents; Preface; Contributors; 1 Spaser, Plasmonic Amplification, and Loss Compensation; 1.1 Introduction to Spasers and Spasing; 1.2 Spaser Fundamentals; 1.2.1 Brief Overview of the Latest Progress in Spasers; 1.3 Quantum Theory of Spaser; 1.3.1 Surface Plasmon Eigenmodes and Their Quantization; 1.3.2 Quantum Density Matrix Equations (Optical Bloch Equations) for Spaser; 1.3.3 Equations for CW Regime; 1.3.4 Spaser operation in CW Mode; 1.3.5 Spaser as Ultrafast Quantum Nanoamplifier |
1.3.6 Monostable Spaser as a Nanoamplifier in Transient Regime1.4 Compensation of Loss by Gain and Spasing; 1.4.1 Introduction to Loss Compensation by Gain; 1.4.2 Permittivity of Nanoplasmonic |
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Metamaterial; 1.4.3 Plasmonic Eigenmodes and Effective Resonant Permittivity of Metamaterials; 1.4.4 Conditions of Loss Compensation by Gain and Spasing; 1.4.5 Discussion of Spasing and Loss Compensation by Gain; 1.4.6 Discussion of Published Research on Spasing and Loss Compensations; Acknowledgments; References; 2 Nonlinear Effects in Plasmonic Systems; 2.1 Introduction |
2.2 Metallic Nonlinearities-Basic Effects and Models2.2.1 Local Nonlinearity-Transients by Carrier Heating; 2.2.2 Plasma Nonlinearity-The Ponderomotive Force; 2.2.3 Parametric Process in Metals; 2.2.4 Metal Damage and Ablation; 2.3 Nonlinear Propagation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons; 2.3.1 Nonlinear SPP Modes; 2.3.2 Plasmon Solitons; 2.3.3 Nonlinear Plasmonic Waveguide Couplers; 2.4 Localized Surface Plasmon Nonlinearity; 2.4.1 Cavities and Nonlinear Interactions Enhancement; 2.4.2 Enhancement of Nonlinear Vacuum Effects; 2.4.3 High Harmonic Generation |
2.4.4 Localized Field Enhancement Limitations2.5 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 3 Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterials as a Platform for Active Nanophotonics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Nanorod Metamaterial Geometry; 3.3 Optical Properties; 3.3.1 Microscopic Description of the Metamaterial Electromagnetic Modes; 3.3.2 Effective Medium Theory of the Nanorod Metamaterial; 3.3.3 Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials and Spatial Dispersion Effects; 3.3.4 Guided Modes in the Anisotropic Metamaterial Slab; 3.4 Nonlinear Effects in Nanorod Metamaterials |
3.4.1 Nanorod Metamaterial Hybridized with Nonlinear Dielectric3.4.2 Intrinsic Metal Nonlinearity of Nanorod Metamaterials; 3.5 Molecular Plasmonics in Metamaterials; 3.6 Electro-Optical Effects in Plasmonic Nanorod Metamaterial Hybridized with Liquid Crystals; 3.7 Conclusion; References; 4 Transformation Optics for Plasmonics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Conformal Transformation Approach; 4.2.1 A Set of Canonic Plasmonic Structures; 4.2.2 Perfect Singular Structures; 4.2.3 Singular Plasmonic Structures; 4.2.3.1 Conformal Mapping of Singular Structures |
4.2.3.2 Conformal Mapping of Blunt-Ended Singular Structures |
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This book, edited by two of the most respected researchers in plasmonics, gives an overview of the current state in plasmonics and plasmonic-based metamaterials, with an emphasis on active functionalities and an eye to future developments. This book is multifunctional, useful for newcomers and scientists interested in applications of plasmonics and metamaterials as well as for established researchers in this multidisciplinary area. |
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