Temperature

Author : Glynn Hulley
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128144599
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking the Temperature of the Earth written by Glynn Hulley and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Steps towards Integrated Understanding of Variability and Change presents an integrated, collaborative approach to observing and understanding various surface temperatures from a whole-Earth perspective. The book describes the progress in improving the quality of surface temperatures across different domains of the Earth’s surface (air, land, sea, lakes and ice), assessing variability and long-term trends, and providing applications of surface temperature data to detect and better understand Earth system behavior. As cooperation is essential between scientific communities, whose focus on particular domains of Earth’s surface and on different components of the observing system help to accelerate scientific understanding and multiply the benefits for society, this book bridges the gap between domains. Includes sections on data validation and uncertainty, data availability and applications Integrates remote sensing and in situ data sources Presents a whole earth perspective on surface temperature datasets, delving into all domains to build and understand relationships between the datasets

Author : Robin Johnson
Publisher : Weather Close-Up
ISBN 13 : 9780778707554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Is Temperature? written by Robin Johnson and published by Weather Close-Up. This book was released on 2012-09-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the concepts of temperature and climate, and describes the changing of the seasons and why both hot and cold days are important for the environment.

Author : Hasok Chang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199883696
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing Temperature written by Hasok Chang and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly? These may seem like simple questions, but the most renowned scientists struggled with them throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. In Inventing Temperature, Chang examines how scientists first created thermometers; how they measured temperature beyond the reach of standard thermometers; and how they managed to assess the reliability and accuracy of these instruments without a circular reliance on the instruments themselves. In a discussion that brings together the history of science with the philosophy of science, Chang presents the simple eet challenging epistemic and technical questions about these instruments, and the complex web of abstract philosophical issues surrounding them. Chang's book shows that many items of knowledge that we take for granted now are in fact spectacular achievements, obtained only after a great deal of innovative thinking, painstaking experiments, bold conjectures, and controversy. Lurking behind these achievements are some very important philosophical questions about how and when people accept the authority of science.

Author : A. S. Khanna
Publisher : ASM International
ISBN 13 : 0871707624
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and Corrosion written by A. S. Khanna and published by ASM International. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text for graduate and post graduate students covers fundamentals of high temperature corrosion and related topics. Early chapters cover the thermodynamics and kinetics of oxidation and defect structure of oxides and diffusion in oxides, and later chapters cover thin and thick layer oxidation, o

Author : Carl V. Gisolfi
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262071987
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hot Brain written by Carl V. Gisolfi and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved.

Author : T. J. Quinn
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 148325934X
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temperature written by T. J. Quinn and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Temperature, Second Edition gives a comprehensive account of the principles of thermometry over the range 0.5 K to about 3000 K. The book focuses on various topics on the field of thermometry such as the full description of the ITS-90, its practical application and preparation; accounts of total radiation thermometry and acoustic gas thermometry using spherical resonators; and the development of sealed cells for the realization of fixed points. The construction and use of high-temperature platinum resistance thermometers; introduction of the use of gold-platinum thermocouple; and the calibration and practical application of radiation thermometers are discussed as well. Physicists, engineers, researchers, and students will find the book a good reference.

Author : Nicholson Baker
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 080219821X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Room Temperature written by Nicholson Baker and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a New York Times–bestselling and National Book Critics Award–winning author comes a “small masterpiece” of fatherhood, childhood, and bottle-feeding (Publishers Weekly). In a novel Entertainment Weekly called “intensely funny and moving,” Nicholson Baker takes the reader on an intellectual odyssey over the course of the twenty minutes it takes a new father to give his baby daughter her bottle. Through inspired moments of mental flight, Mike’s thoughts on his newfound parenthood lead him back to his own childhood and to reflections on the objects of his youth. From glass peanut butter jars to French horns, from typography to courtship, Baker reveals “some of the tenderest, most delicate interaction between husband and wife, adult and infant, in modern fiction” (Los Angeles Times). “Sparkling . . . frequently hilarious . . . This is a big novel unfolding . . . so subtly that one is scarcely aware of its magnitude until the last page.” —The Boston Globe “A delightful book . . . Every page provokes the shock, or at least the smile, of recognition.” —The Washington Post “A major cosmic drama . . . It is a delightful book . . . a real charmer, a breath of fresh air, a show-stopping coloratura aria made of the quirks of memory and the quiddities of daily life.” —The Sacramento Union “[A] small masterpiece by an extraordinarily gifted . . . writer.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Eugene H. Wissler
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662573970
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Temperature Control written by Eugene H. Wissler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principal objective of this book is to provide information needed to define human thermal behavior quantitatively. Human thermal physiology is defined using mathematical methods routinely employed by physicists and engineers, but seldom used by physiologists. Major sections of the book are devoted to blood flow, sweating, shivering, heat transfer within the body, and heat and mass transfer from skin and clothing to the environment. Simple algebraic models based on experimental data from a century of physiological investigation are developed for bodily processes. The book offers an invaluable source of information for physiologists and physical scientists interested in quantitative approaches to the fascinating field of human thermoregulation.

Author : L. Michalski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9780471867791
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Temperature Measurement written by L. Michalski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-12-21 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die exakte Temperaturmessung ist ein wichtiger Parameter in vielen Bereichen. Dieser Band wurde komplett überarbeitet und aktualisiert und enthält darüber hinaus die neuesten IEC Standards. Theorie und instrumentelle Praxis der Temperaturbestimmung werden hier umfassend behandelt. (09/00)

Author : Y. Houdas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489903453
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Body Temperature written by Y. Houdas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The physiology of man is a complex subject. Unfortunately the regulation of temperature in the human body is not always well explained in textbooks. Many conference proceedings on the subject have been produced that give excellent detail on research topics. However, the subject matter is rarely presented as a composite whole. New technology has broadened the scope of methods available for studying body temperature. Thermography in particular has made it possible to record in real time the temperature distribution of large areas of the body surface. Modem image processing methods permit dynamic studies to be carried out and detailed analyses made retrospectively-a tremendous advance over the complex and slow techniques formerly used by physiologists. Yet although the associa tion between disease and temperature is as old as medicine itself, beyond the implicit faith in the clinical mercury thermometer, other measuring techniques are finding a slow acceptance. This book is designed to put into perspective the critical factors that make up "body temperature. " Body temperature cannot be viewed as a static entity but rather must be seen as a dynamic process. An understanding of this phenomenon is important to all who use thermal imaging and measuring techniques in clinical medi cine. These methods have, in recent years, brought engineers, physi cists, technicians, and clinicians together. Inevitably, however, there v vi Preface are gaps and overlaps in technology and understanding.