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Book recommendation - historical / biographrical take on geology?
I am looking for a book (and/or show) that tackles geology on a popular science level from a historical perspective with biographical components of the scientists / discoverers involved in moving the ...
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Seeking climate and related sciences textbook recommendations
I will be starting a Master's program in data science soon and my eventual hope/goal is to do climate-related data science work. I did an independent study for one semester in college on the ...
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What are good oceanographic journals
I am a developer with a oceanographic side project.
I did some ML on wave & tide data and thought of publishing it in a paper. What are some good journals to send it to? Any recommendations?
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Introduction to Geology Books
I am a high school student who is thinking about going to university for Geological Sciences. I've had an interest in rocks and such since I was little, but I want to get an idea of what studying ...
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Book on the history of Earth and life on Earth
I am interested in getting a better overview of the full history of the Earth and the evolution of life. Therefore I am looking for a book that goes through the different geological time scales of the ...
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Can anyone recommend a good college level meteorology textbook?
I am trying to learn meteorology through self-study. I have found quite a few lectures on YouTube, but they tend to be for non-scientists.
I have a strong engineering and physics background and am ...
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Maximizing Tree Utility in a given Region
My goal is to build an algorithm whose fundamental goal at the most basic level is, given the current tree configuration of a particular region, to output the best coordinates to plant the next tree. ...
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Any recommendations for a good online lecture series on Metamorphic Petrology
Any recommendations for a good online lecture series on Metamorphic Petrology?
Thank you in advance.
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Book recommendation on waves
I am looking for a book about waves in the context of Earth Science, the two main topics I have in mind are ocean waves and seismic waves.
Explanations in a book like Understanding earth1 is too ...
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What are the compressive strengths of goethite and magnetite?
I am attempting to determine what the compressive strengths are of the minerals goethite and magnetite.
None of the research I did has proven to be fruitful. What I have found:
multiple studies ...
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From ice core analysis to temperature curves
In ice cores a lot of data are measured and analyzed and can be plotted versus depth, for example
age of layers
thickness of layers
concentration of spurious gases
concentration of solids
delta ...
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Are there minerals that can't scratch each other but have different hardness on Mohs scale?
So I was reading here that Mohs scale is not transitive and therefore could not overcome the comparative phase in order to be turned into a measurement procedure.
As it is written in the webpage, &...
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What Earth Science research will be done from the International Space Station?
The April 9, 2020 NASA press release NASA Astronaut Chris Cassidy, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station mentions:
It is the third spaceflight for Cassidy and Ivanishin and the first for Vagner, ...
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Geothermal gradient near surface?
Is there a good chart of the geothermal gradient but near the surface? I haven't been able to find one because they are primarily studied at larger depths, but I would like to know the equilibria at ...
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Introductory course on interpreting GOES-R satellite images?
As you might be aware, GOES-R is a very rich satellite system that delivers near real-time weather information for the globe. There are at least 16 channels reported (this site is great for monitoring ...
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Recommendations for books on boundary layer Meteorology?
Does anybody have any recommendations on books tackling Boundary layer Meteorology? I've seen the book by Roland Stull and Arya, but are there any other more updated ones that are as good as these two?...
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How to cite LandSat 8?
I'm wondering how to quote a Landsat mission product. I have seen many ways, but I can't decide which one is the best. Thus, I would like to know if there is a standard for the minimum information ...
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Broadband Albedo Conversion Scheme
I had this albedo conversion written down:
$$\alpha = 0.53\alpha_{VIS}+0.47\alpha_{NIR}$$
I had on my notes that this equation was form Collins et al (2002).
However, I cannot find where this came ...
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Literature on atmospheric modelling
I need to understand some basics about atmospheric modelling, since I am working with data from the COSMO model for my thesis. My questions mainly concern model validation, like learning about the ...
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Earth History Book
I'm a PhD student studying the (current) climate of the Earth. I'm also quite interested in the history of planet Earth, although I have little academic background in that area. Is there a good ...
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Author's Name Of A Book On Bill Maher's Shelf [closed]
Could any of you, please, tell me who is the author of this book on Bill Maher's shelf? The book name is "Climate Science" and the cover color seems to be green. I looked for it on the Amazon website ...
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Avra valley aquifier region boundary
Attached is an image of the Avra valley in Southern Arizona, USA from
Effects of Kriging and Inverse Modelling on Conditional Simulation of the Avra Valley Aquifier in Southern Arizona -- Clifton and ...
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Is there a special name for along-course elevation profiles of rivers, and where you can you find them?
Was discussing the terrain and rivers of Europe today with my father and it became apparent that a graph of the elevation versus course of a river would offer interesting insight, including a quick ...
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Time of concentration - Difference between large and small basins
I am looking for any academic reference (i.e. articles) regarding the time of concentration for large and small basins.
E.g. I would expect that a large basin (area > 1,500 km^2) will flood (or reach ...
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Does anyone have absorption coefficients at different wavelengths for sulfur dioxide? [closed]
Does anyone have absorption coefficients for sulfur dioxide at various wavelengths?
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Looking for a reference for identifing stream regimes(Intermittent, Perennial)
I'm a hydrologist with a good background in GIS. I'm looking for a reference (Methodology, Technical guide) for identification of temporary, intermittent and perennial streams. I google and only found ...
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What kind of data is best shown in a rose diagram?
I am looking for some geological data where presenting it in a rose diagram is desirable. I don't really know what kind of data is suitable. Any suggestion of data — preferably from the field of ...
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Does a table summarizing basic details of significant operational weather models exist?
With all the questions we've had through the years that have tied into weather models, plus all the sites around the web providing weather model data, it got me wondering: is there any table that ...
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Which CMIP5 models give the highest and lowest warming for RCP8.5?
Question is in the title. I'm doing impacts research and need to pick a couple of scenarios before downloading GCM runs. Want to pick a low one and a high one and one in the middle of the road. I'm ...
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How to learn the different types of rock
I would like to be able to point to a piece of rock and say that is rock type such and such. I have tried learning but it literally seems like an endless list of types and sub types and the pictures ...
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Changes in rainfalls, sea level and tropical cyclones
Is there any scientific evidence that exploitation of natural resources (fossil energies, forests etc.) affects rainfalls or sea level, which can represent extreme events?
I read IPCC 2014 report and ...
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North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) future prediction - Academic papers?
I am looking for academic papers which show future predictions of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) by considering climate change and the various emission scenarios. Do you have any suggestions?
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Climate change review for a scientist [duplicate]
I am a Ph.D student in Computer Science and Statistical Genetics. I recently became very interested in climate change, for obvious reasons. I would like to use my solid scientific and statistical ...
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Are there any books, websites, etc. that have many practice problems for Skew-T diagrams and the atmospheric sciences in general?
I am asking because my Intro to Atmospheric Science class (lectures, labs, and the book) has not provided any practice examples of Skew-T diagrams, Coriolis force calculations, LCL (liquid ...
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At what altitude stalagmite/stalactite caves are located? What kind of rocks are needed to form them?
I know that there are many kinds of such caves, but I am looking for ones (if they exist, and I don't know) that contain stalagmite and stalactites and are located at high altitude inside a mountain. ...
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Timeline of atmospheric model resolution
I'm looking for a graph of improvements in spatial resolution for any atmospheric model (such as the UK Met Office Unified Model or ECMWF IFS). Ideally it would include a range of historical model ...
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how are the global effects of local environmental disasters?
Are there any local environmental catastrophes that affected another places in the world?
There is a huge list of environmental disasters on Wikipedia that I have found: https://en.wikipedia.org/...
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References on hurricanes
Would anyone know of references (available online or not) that give detailed explanations and especially the physics behind violent meteorological events such as hurricanes?
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Resources on Andean geology
I would like to begin studying the geology of the Andes, with particular respect to the tectonics and paleogeography of the region.
I have been searching on-line resources for some time and I would ...
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Observations of sea ice typology in the Arctic
What are the main datasets characterizing sea ice typology, thickness, density, "passability", presence of pressure ridges in the Arctic?
Is it something that can be detected from the air or a space ...
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Are there books or on-line resources about graphic design for geology?
Maybe someone knows books that are about graphic design like visual identities, colors, forms, symbols for this industry - Geology?
In short - resources that are about graphic design from Geology ...
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References for moving and nested grids in models
Would anyone know of references that give detailed explanations on concepts such as moving grids and nested grids in models?
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