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Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin / / edited by Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Markus Stoffel, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Bartłomiej Wyżga
| Flood Risk in the Upper Vistula Basin / / edited by Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Markus Stoffel, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, Bartłomiej Wyżga |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (422 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.489011 |
| Collana | GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Geophysics
Hydrogeology Natural disasters Geology—Statistical methods Environmental management Climate change Geophysics/Geodesy Natural Hazards Quantitative Geology Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management Climate Change Management and Policy |
| ISBN | 3-319-41923-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Tatra Mountains and their northern foothills – a guided tour -- Floods in mountainous basins -- Flood risk in various spatial scales -- Flood generation mechanisms and changes in principal drivers -- Methods to assess large wood-related flood risk in Polish Carpathian watercourses of different size -- Results of the modelling of wood transport phenomena in the Czarny Dunajec -- Modelling hydraulic parameters of flood flows for a Polish Carpathian River subjected to variable human impacts -- Climatic track. Changes in temperature and precipitation -- Change in circulation patterns -- Changes in streamflow -- Deciphering information from tree data -- Floods in Upper Vistula Basin from palaeoperspective -- Projections in climate (temperature and precipitation) and river discharge -- Downscaling and bias correction for the region -- Flood risk management in the Upper Vistula Basin in perspective: traditional versus alternative measures -- Flood risk management and flood risk governance arrangements -- Human dimension of flood management in the Upper Vistula Basin. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254115703321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Flood risk management : call for a national strategy / / edited by Robert Traver
| Flood risk management : call for a national strategy / / edited by Robert Traver |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (47 pages) : illustrations, tables |
| Disciplina | 551.489011 |
| Soggetto topico |
Flood damage prevention
Floodplain management Risk assessment |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-7844-7858-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465818803321 |
| Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Satellite Precipitation Measurement : Volume 1 / / edited by Vincenzo Levizzani, Christopher Kidd, Dalia B. Kirschbaum, Christian D. Kummerow, Kenji Nakamura, F. Joseph Turk
| Satellite Precipitation Measurement : Volume 1 / / edited by Vincenzo Levizzani, Christopher Kidd, Dalia B. Kirschbaum, Christian D. Kummerow, Kenji Nakamura, F. Joseph Turk |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (LXXI, 450 p. 138 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 551.489011 |
| Collana | Advances in Global Change Research |
| Soggetto topico |
Atmospheric sciences
Hydrology Meteorology Climate change Climatology Physical measurements Measurement Atmospheric Sciences Hydrology/Water Resources Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts Measurement Science and Instrumentation |
| ISBN | 3-030-24568-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | SECTION 1 Status of Observations and Satellite Programs: Chapter 1. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission -- Chapter 2. Status of the CloudSat mission -- Chapter 3. The Megha-Tropiques mission after seven years in space -- Chapter 4. Microwave sensors, imagers and sounders -- Chapter 5. Microwave and sub-mm wave sensors: A European perspective -- Chapter 6. Plans for future missions -- SECTION 2 Retrieval Techniques, Algorithms and Sensors: Chapter 7. Introduction to passive microwave retrieval methods -- Chapter 8. The Goddard Profiling (GPROF) precipitation retrieval algorithm -- Chapter 9. Precipitation estimation from the Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS) -- Chapter 10. Introduction to radar rain retrieval methods -- Chapter 11. Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the Global Precipitation Measurements (GPM) mission’s Core Observatory -- Chapter 12. DPR dual-frequency precipitation classification -- Chapter 13. Triple-frequency radar retrievals -- Chapter 14. Precipitation retrievals from satellite combined radar and radiometer observations -- Chapter 15. Scattering of hydrometeors -- Chapter 16. Radar snowfall measurement -- Chapter 17. A 1DVar-based snowfall rate algorithm for passive microwave radiometers -- Chapter 18. X-band synthetic aperture radar methods -- SECTION 3 Merged Precipitation Products: Chapter 19. Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission (IMERG) -- Chapter 20. Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) products in the GPM era -- Chapter 21. Improving PERSIANN-CCS using passive microwave rainfall estimation -- Chapter 22. TAMSAT -- Chapter 23. Algorithm and data improvements for version 2.1 of the Climate Hazards Center’s Infrared Precipitation with Stations Data Set -- Chapter 24. Merging the infrared fleet and the microwave constellation for tropical hydrometeorology (TAPEER) and global climate monitoring (GIRAFE) applications -- SECTION 4 Validation: Chapter 25. The IPWG satellite precipitation validation effort -- Chapter 26. The GPM Ground Validation Program -- Chapter 27. The GPM DPR Validation Program -- Chapter 28. Error and uncertainty characterization -- Chapter 29. Multiscale evaluation of satellite precipitation products: Effective resolution of IMERG -- Chapter 30. Remote sensing of orographic precipitation -- Chapter 31. Integrated multi-satellite evaluation for the Global Precipitation Measurement: Impact of precipitation types on spaceborne precipitation estimation -- Chapter 32. Hydrologic validation and flood analysis -- Chapter 33. Global-scale evaluation of 22 precipitation datasets using gauge observations and hydrological modeling -- Chapter 34. OceanRAIN – The global ocean surface-reference dataset for characterization, validation and evaluation of the water cycle -- SECTION 5 Observed Characteristics of Precipitation: Chapter 35. GPCP and the global characteristics of precipitation -- Chapter 36. Global snowfall detection and measurement -- Chapter 37. Snowfall detection by spaceborne radars -- Chapter 38. On the duration and lifecyle of precipitation systems in the tropics -- Chapter 39. Observational characteristics of warm-type heavy rainfall -- Chapter 40. Satellite precipitation measurement and extreme rainfall -- Chapter 41. Rainfall trends in East Africa from an ensemble of IR-based satellite products -- Chapter 42. Heavy precipitation systems in the Mediterranean area: The role of GPM -- Chapter 43. Dryland precipitation climatology from satellite observations -- Chapter 44. Haifall detection -- Chapter 45. Improving high-latitude and cold region precipitation analysis -- Chapter 46. Latent heating retrievals from satellite observations -- SECTION 6 Applications: Chapter 47. Operational applications of Global Precipitation Measurement observations -- Chapter 48. Assimilation of precipitation observations from space into numerical weather prediction (NWP) -- Chapter 49. Precipitation ensemble data assimilation in NWP models -- Chapter 50. PERSIANN-CDR for hydrology and hydro-climatic applications -- Chapter 51. Soil moisture and precipitation: The SM2RAIN algorithm for rainfall retrieval from satellite soil moisture -- Chapter 52. Drought risk management using satellite-based rainfall estimates -- Chapter 53. Two decades of urban hydroclimatological studies have yielded discovery and societal benefits -- Chapter 54. Validation of climate models -- Chapter 55. Extreme precipitation in the Himalayan landslide hotspot -- Chapter 56. The value of satellite rainfall estimates in agriculture and food security -- Chapter 57. Using satellite estimates of precipitation for fire danger rating -- Chapter 58. Variability of satellite sea surface salinity under rainfall. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910392718503321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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