The Earth's Climate and its Response to Solar Variability: The Climate System -- Atmospheric Dynamics, Modes of Variability and Climate Modelling -- Climate Records -- Radiative Processes in the Atmosphere -- The Greenhouse Effect and Radiative Forcing of Climate Change -- Clouds -- Atmospheric Photochemistry -- Response of Climate to Variations in Solar Irradiance -- The Earth's Electric Field…
The Basic Components of Seismo-Ionospheric Coupling -- Ionospheric Precursors of Earthquakes as they are seen from the Ground and from Space -- Near Ground and Troposphere Plasmachemistry and Electric Field -- Physics of Seismo-Ionospheric Coupling -- Main Phenomenological Features of Ionospheric Precursors of Earthquakes -- Are we Ready for Prediction? The Practical Applications -- Ultimate Re…
Introduction to Space Weather -- The Sun and its Restless Magnetic Field -- The Application of Radio Diagnostics to the Study of the Solar Drivers of Space Weather -- Interplanetary Disturbances -- The Magnetosphere -- Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: Low and Middle Latitudes -- Space Weather Effects in the Upper Atmosphere: High Latitudes -- Space Weather Effects on Technology --…
Radio Astronomy -- Principles of Synchrotron Emission in an Astrophysical Context -- Non-Thermal Emission from Extragalactic Radio Sources: A High Resolution - Broad Band Approach -- The Observational Properties of Blazars; Selection, Relationships and Unification -- Observing Blazars with VLBI -- Theory of Relativistic Jets: Basic Concepts -- Parsec-Scale Morphologies and Properties of Radio S…
Impact Tectonics — General Aspects -- “Pseudotachylites” in Large Impact Structures -- The Mechanics of Pseudotachylite Formation in Impact Events -- Silicified Cone-in-Cone Structures from Erfoud (Morocco): A Comparison with Impact-Generated Shatter Cones -- Redistribution of Lithologies in Impact-induced Dikes of Impact Structures -- The Preliminary Analysis of Polygonal Impact Craters …
Background and Hydrogeology -- to Hydrogeophysics -- Hydrogeological Methods for Estimation of Spatial Variations in Hydraulic Conductivity -- Geostatistics -- Fundamentals of Environmental Geophysics -- Relationships between the Electrical and Hydrogeological Properties of Rocks and Soils -- DC Resistivity and Induced Polarization Methods -- Near-Surface Controlled-Source Electromagnetic Induc…
Initial results from retracking and reprocessing the ERS-1 geodetic mission altimetry for gravity field purposes -- Evaluation of Airborne Gravimetry Integrating GNSS and Strapdown INS Observations -- Status of the European Gravity and Geoid Project EGGP.-Photon Counting Airborne Laser Swath Mapping (PC-ALSM) -- A comparison of different isostatic models applied to satellite gravity gradiometry…
The subject, the players, and the principle basis -- History of the notion of global warming -- Conclusions of the IPCC (Working Group I) -- Science, media, politics... -- Greenhouse effect — water effect -- Causes of climate change -- Models and climate -- The general circulation of the atmosphere -- The lessons of the observation of real facts -- The observational facts: Past climates -- Th…
Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Nondestructive Testing Technologies for Cultural Heritage -- 1. NDT Methods in Cultural Built Heritage and Archaeology -- 2. NDT Data Processing Enhancement -- 3. NDT Data Interpretation -- Part II: The NDT Instrumentation -- 1. State of the Art -- 2. NDT Instruments Enhancement -- 3. Acquisition Algorithm Enhancement -- 4. Field Data Acquisition Enhancement -…
Solar Wind, Foreshock, Magnetosheath -- The Near-Earth Solar Wind -- The Foreshock -- The Magnetosheath -- The Bow Shock -- Cluster at the Bow Shock: Introduction -- Quasi-perpendicular Shock Structure and Processes -- Quasi-parallel Shock Structure and Processes -- Cluster at the Bow Shock: Status and Outlook -- Magnetopause and CUSP -- Magnetopause and Boundary Layer -- Cluster at the Magneto…