LEADER 03649nam  22005655  450 
001 9910254601603321
005 20200706092835.0
010   $a3-319-65215-X
024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-65215-3
035   $a(CKB)3710000001631597
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4944154
035   $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-65215-3
035   $a(PPN)203853873
035   $a(EXLCZ)993710000001631597
100   $a20170810d2017      u|             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aurcnu||||||||
181   $2rdacontent
182   $2rdamedia
183   $2rdacarrier
200 10$aAir and Water$b[electronic resource] $eTrade Winds, Hurricanes, Gulf Stream, Tsunamis and Other Striking Phenomena /$fby René Moreau
205   $a1st ed. 2017.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017.
215   $a1 online resource (264 pages) $cillustrations, photographs
300   $aIncludes index.
311   $a3-319-65213-3 
327   $aThe atmosphere at rest -- The atmosphere in movement -- The vagaries of the atmosphere -- Heavier than air, how can they fly? -- The tranquil sea -- The sea that we see dancing -- Rivers and streams -- Lakes, dams, and major works -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Instabilities and turbulence -- Glossary -- Index.
330   $aAir and water are so familiar that we all think we know them. Yet how difficult it remains to predict their behavior, with so many questions butting against the limits of our knowledge. How are cyclones, tornadoes, thunderstorms, tsunamis or floods generated ? sometimes causing devastation and death? What will the weather be tomorrow, next week, next summer? This book brings some answers to these questions with a strategy of describing before explaining. Starting by considering air and water in equilibrium (i.e., at rest), it progresses to discuss dynamic phenomena first focusing on large scale structures, such as El Niño or trade winds, then on ever smaller structures, such as low-pressure zones in the atmosphere, clouds, rain, as well as tides and waves. It finishes by describing man-mad e constructions (dams, ports, power plants, etc.) that serve to domesticate our water resources and put them to work for us. Including over one hundred illustrations and very few equations, most of the text is accessible to readers with no more than high-school science and who are at ease with quantities such as the temperature of a fluid or the pressure within such a medium. Beyond the primary audience of engineers, teachers, and students, the book is thus also addressed to walkers, hikers, navigators, and all nature lovers. .
606   $aFluids
606   $aMeteorology
606   $aAtmospheric sciences
606   $aOceanography
606   $aFluid- and Aerodynamics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P21026
606   $aMeteorology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/312000
606   $aAtmospheric Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G36000
606   $aOceanography$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G25005
615  0$aFluids.
615  0$aMeteorology.
615  0$aAtmospheric sciences.
615  0$aOceanography.
615 14$aFluid- and Aerodynamics.
615 24$aMeteorology.
615 24$aAtmospheric Sciences.
615 24$aOceanography.
676   $a551.517
700   $aMoreau$b René$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0796104
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910254601603321
996   $aAir and Water$91984724
997   $aUNINA