An annotated bibliography on weather modification, 1960-1969 / / Annie E. Grimes |
Autore | Grimes Annie E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rockville, MD : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service, , 1972 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 407 pages) |
Collana | NOAA technical memorandum |
Soggetto topico | Weather control |
Soggetto genere / forma | Bibliographies. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910713985003321 |
Grimes Annie E. | ||
Rockville, MD : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Data Service, , 1972 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Atmospheric turbulence avoidance [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, , [1997] |
Descrizione fisica | 6, 3 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | Advisory circular |
Soggetto topico |
Atmospheric turbulence - Prevention
Weather control |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697403503321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, , [1997] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Earthmasters [[electronic resource] ] : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton |
Autore | Hamilton Clive |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Weather control
Climate change mitigation Environmental geotechnology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-300-19482-X
1-299-16001-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Why Geoengineering?""; ""2 Sucking Carbon""; ""3 Regulating Sunlight""; ""4 The Players and the Public""; ""5 Promethean Dreams""; ""6 Atmospheric Geopolitics""; ""7 Ethical Anxieties""; ""8 This Goodly Frame""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452267403321 |
Hamilton Clive | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Earthmasters [[electronic resource] ] : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton |
Autore | Hamilton Clive |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Weather control
Climate change mitigation Environmental geotechnology |
ISBN |
0-300-19482-X
1-299-16001-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Why Geoengineering?""; ""2 Sucking Carbon""; ""3 Regulating Sunlight""; ""4 The Players and the Public""; ""5 Promethean Dreams""; ""6 Atmospheric Geopolitics""; ""7 Ethical Anxieties""; ""8 This Goodly Frame""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779429203321 |
Hamilton Clive | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Earthmasters : the dawn of the age of climate engineering / / Clive Hamilton |
Autore | Hamilton Clive |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.68 |
Soggetto topico |
Weather control
Climate change mitigation Environmental geotechnology |
ISBN |
0-300-19482-X
1-299-16001-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""Figures and Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Why Geoengineering?""; ""2 Sucking Carbon""; ""3 Regulating Sunlight""; ""4 The Players and the Public""; ""5 Promethean Dreams""; ""6 Atmospheric Geopolitics""; ""7 Ethical Anxieties""; ""8 This Goodly Frame""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813542103321 |
Hamilton Clive | ||
New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Guidelines for operational hail suppression programs : hail suppression programs / / American Society of Civil Engineers |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (62 p.) |
Disciplina | 551.68/787 |
Collana | ASCE Standard |
Soggetto topico |
Hail control
Weather control |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7844-7914-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""CONTENTS""; ""ASCE STANDARDS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 SCOPE""; ""1.1 Applicable Documents""; ""2 THE HAIL PROBLEM""; ""2.1 Historical Perspective""; ""2.2 The Status of Hail Suppression Technology""; ""2.2.1 American Society of Civil Engineers""; ""2.2.2 Weather Modification Association""; ""2.2.3 American Meteorological Society""; ""2.2.4 The National Research Council and Weather Modification Association Viewpoints""; ""3 HAIL CONCEPTS""; ""3.1 Requirements for Hail Development""; ""3.2 The Scientific Basis for Hail Suppression""; ""3.2.1 Beneficial Competition""
""3.2.2 Early Rainout""""3.2.3 Trajectory Lowering""; ""3.2.4 Promotion of Coalescence""; ""3.2.5 Dynamic Effects""; ""3.2.6 Other Concepts""; ""3.3 Concept Visualization""; ""3.4 Cloud Modeling""; ""4 THE DESIGN OF HAIL SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS""; ""4.1 Definition of Project Scope""; ""4.1.1 Historical Hail Losses""; ""4.1.2 Historical Radar Data""; ""4.1.3 Basic Project Area Concepts""; ""4.1.4 Initial Design Considerations""; ""4.1.5 Climatology""; ""4.2 Seeding Agent Selection""; ""4.2.1 Silver Iodide""; ""4.2.2 Dry Ice""; ""4.2.3 Other Ice Nucleants""; ""4.2.4 Hygroscopic Agents"" ""4.2.5 Quality Control""""4.3 Delivery Methods""; ""4.3.1 Airborne Application""; ""4.3.2 Ground-Based Ice Nucleus Generator Networks""; ""4.3.3 Rockets and Artillery""; ""4.4 Meteorological Data Collection and Forecasting""; ""4.4.1 Forecasting and Nowcasting""; ""4.4.2 Remote Sensing""; ""4.4.3 Visual Cloud Appearance""; ""4.4.4 Updraft""; ""4.4.5 Numerical Cloud Modeling""; ""4.5 Selection and Siting of Equipment""; ""4.5.1 Aircraft Considerations""; ""4.5.2 Placement of Ground Generators""; ""4.5.3 Placement of Rocket Launchers or Artillery""; ""4.6 Legal Issues"" ""4.6.1 Potential for Litigation""""4.6.2 Regulation""; ""4.7 Environmental Concerns""; ""4.7.1 Redistribution of Precipitation""; ""4.7.2 Seeding Agent Safety""; ""5 CONDUCT OF OPERATIONAL HAIL SUPPRESSION PROJECTS""; ""5.1 The Operations Manual""; ""5.2 Personnel Requirements""; ""5.2.1 Meteorological Staff""; ""5.2.2 Cloud Treatment Pilots""; ""5.2.3 Support Personnel""; ""5.3 Operational Decision Making""; ""5.3.1 Chronology""; ""5.3.2 Opportunity Recognition""; ""5.4 Communications""; ""5.5 Safety Considerations""; ""5.5.1 Safety of Field Personnel"" ""5.5.2 Seeding Suspension Criteria""""5.6 Public Relations, Information, and Involvement""; ""6 EVALUATION OF HAIL SUPPRESSION EFFORTS""; ""6.1 Project Area Evaluation Approaches""; ""6.1.1 Randomized Versus Nonrandomized Programs""; ""6.1.2 Selection of Target and Control Areas""; ""6.2 Evaluation Measures""; ""6.2.1 Evaluations Using Direct Evidence""; ""6.2.2 Evaluation through Secondary Evidence""; ""6.3 Dissemination of Results""; ""7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S"" ""T"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460273803321 |
Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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