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UNINA9910452078203321 |
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Balée William |
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Time and complexity in historical ecology [[electronic resource] ] : studies in the neotropical lowlands / / edited by William Balée and Clark L. Erickson |
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New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
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1 online resource (777 p.) |
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The historical ecology series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BaléeWilliam L. <1954-> |
EricksonClark L |
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Human ecology - Latin America |
Human ecology - Tropics |
Rain forest ecology - Latin America |
Ethnobiology - Latin America |
Agriculture - Tropics |
Land use - Latin America |
Landscape changes - Latin America |
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Note generali |
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Papers originally presented at the Symposium on Neotropical Historical Ecology at the Neotropical Ecology Institute of Tulane University in October 2002. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface / Balée, William / Erickson, Clark -- Contributors -- Time, Complexity, and Historical Ecology / Balée, William / Erickson, Clark L. -- PART 1 -- 1. The Feral Forests of the Eastern Petén / Campbell, David G. / Ford, Anabel / Lowell, Karen S. / Walker, Jay / Lake, Jeffrey K. / Campo-Raeder, Constanza / Townesmith, Andrew / Balick, Michael -- 2. A Neotropical Framework for Terra Preta / Graham, Elizabeth -- 3. Domesticated Food and Society in Early Coastal Peru / Hastorf, Christine A. -- 4. Microvertebrate Synecology and Anthropogenic Footprints in the Forested Neotropics / Stahl, Peter W. -- PART 2 -- 5. Pre-European Forest Cultivation in Amazonia / Denevan, William M. -- 6. Fruit Trees and the Transition to Food Production in Amazonia / Clement, Charles |
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R. -- 7. The Historical Ecology of a Complex Landscape in Bolivia / Erickson, Clark L. / Balée, William -- 8. The Domesticated Landscapes of the Bolivian Amazon / Erickson, Clark L. -- 9. Political Economy and Pre-Columbian Landscape Transformations in Central Amazonia / Neves, Eduardo G. / Petersen, James B. -- 10. History, Ecology, and Alterity / Heckenberger, Michael -- 11. Between the Ship and the Bulldozer / Cormier, Loretta A. -- 12. Landscapes of the Past, Footprints of the Future / Brondízio, Eduardo S. -- Index |
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This collection of studies by anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and biologists is an important contribution to the emerging field of historical ecology. The book combines cutting-edge research with new perspectives to emphasize the close relationship between humans and their natural environment. Contributors examine how alterations in the natural world mirror human cultures, societies, and languages. Treating the landscape like a text, these researchers decipher patterns and meaning in the Ecuadorian Andes, Amazonia, the desert coast of Peru, and other regions in the neotropics. They show how local peoples have changed the landscape over time to fit their needs by managing and modifying species diversity, enhancing landscape heterogeneity, and controlling ecological disturbance. In turn, the environment itself becomes a form of architecture rich with historical and archaeological significance. Time and Complexity in Historical Ecology explores thousands of years of ecological history while also addressing important contemporary issues, such as biodiversity and genetic variation and change. Engagingly written and expertly researched, this book introduces and exemplifies a unique method for better understanding the link between humans and the biosphere. |
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UNINA9911027075703321 |
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Autore |
Kokhanovsky Alexander |
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Analytical Methods in Radiative Transfer |
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Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2025 |
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©2025 |
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3-527-69894-9 |
3-527-69895-7 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 pages) |
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Wiley Series in Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing Series |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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NatrajVijay |
EfremenkoDmitry |
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SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular |
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Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Historical Background -- 1.2 What Is Radiative Transfer About and What Is It Good For? -- 1.3 Phenomenological Radiative Transfer -- 1.4 Microphysical Approach -- 1.5 Atmospheric Remote Sensing -- 1.6 Radiative Transfer Models in Atmospheric Remote Sensing -- 1.7 Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 1.8 Why Do We Need Analytical Models in Radiative Transfer? -- 1.9 Radiative Transfer and Climate Modeling -- 1.10 Remote Sensing of Trace Gases -- 1.11 Remote Sensing of Clouds -- 1.12 Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosol -- Chapter 2: Radiative Transfer Equation -- 2.1 Introduction to Radiative Transfer Theory -- 2.2 Formulation of the RTE -- 2.3 RTE with Thermal Source -- 2.4 Optical Thickness and Single-scattering Albedo -- 2.5 Single-scattering Phase Function -- 2.6 Orders of Scattering -- 2.7 One-dimensional RTE -- 2.8 Formal Solution of the RTE -- 2.9 RTE for Azimuthal Harmonics of the Intensity -- 2.10 Radiance Moments -- 2.11 Light Reflection from Layered Media -- Chapter 3: Optically Thin Media and Media with Strongly Anisotropic Scattering -- 3.1 Single-scattering Approximation -- 3.2 Second-order Scattering Approximation -- 3.3 Small-angle Approximation -- Chapter 4: Semi-infinite Media -- 4.1 Milne Problem -- 4.2 Light in Deep Layers of |
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Semi-infinite Turbid Media -- 4.3 Light Reflection from Semi-infinite Media -- 4.3.1 Invariant Imbedding -- 4.3.2 H-functions -- 4.3.3 Nonabsorbing Media -- 4.3.4 Weakly Absorbing Media -- Chapter 5: Optically Thick Media -- 5.1 Nonabsorbing Media -- 5.2 Weakly Absorbing Media -- 5.3 Optically Thick Turbid Media with an Arbitrary Level of Light Absorption -- 5.4 Asymptotic Equations -- Chapter 6: Turbid Media with Arbitrary Optical Thickness -- 6.1 Sobolev Approximation. |
6.2 Two-stream Approximation -- 6.3 Four-stream Approximation -- 6.4 The Spherical Harmonics Method -- 6.5 Phase Function Truncation Methods -- Chapter 7: Radiative Transfer in Gaseous Absorption Bands -- 7.1 k-Distribution and Correlated-k Methods -- 7.2 Exponential Sum Fitting of Transmittances -- 7.3 Spectral Mapping -- 7.4 Optimal Spectral Sampling -- 7.5 Double-k, Linear-k, and Low-streams Interpolation Techniques -- 7.6 Computations in a Broad Spectral Range: 400-2500 nm -- 7.7 Concept of Dimensionality Reduction -- 7.8 Principal Component Analysis of Spectral Radiances -- 7.9 Principal Component Analysis for Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy -- 7.10 Principal Component Analysis of Optical Parameters -- 7.11 Neural Networks -- Appendix A: Legendre Polynomials -- Appendix B: Computations of Local Optical Parameters -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA. |
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Provides in-depth knowledge of the physics of radiative transfer In Analytical Methods in Radiative Transfer , a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive exploration of solutions to practical problems of modern atmospheric optics related to solar light interaction with the terrestrial atmosphere and the remote sensing of clouds. |
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