Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes
Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes

Author: Aldo Vieira da Rosa

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2005-08-03

Total Pages: 708

ISBN-13: 008047795X

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Fundamentals of Renewable Energy Processes contains the technical detail necessary to understand the engineering principles that govern renewable energy application at many different levels. Focused on the fundamental mechanisms and processes that underpin energy management, it provides students with the foundation for all energy process courses. This text is organized according to the main forms of energy – heat engines, hydrogen energy, energy from the sun, and wind and water energy - with an introductory chapter of basic energy terms. From fuel cells, electrolyzers, and processes for hydrogen production to biomass and windmills the author provides the most thorough examination of all aspects of renewable energy processes. The book is recommended for all students and professionals studying the basic mechanisms of renewable energies. * Examines the fundamentals of some non-traditional energy processes and illustrates the best way to implement these processes in our modern world.* Appropriate for all students and professionals studying the basic mechanisms of renewable energies.* Clear theory and physical examples of all principles relevant to the study of renewable energy. * Written by an internationally recognized pioneer researcher

Spatial Statistics for Remote Sensing
Spatial Statistics for Remote Sensing

Author: A. Stein

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-29

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0306476479

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This book is a collection of papers on spatial statistics for remote sensing. The book emerges from a study day that was organized in 1996 at the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences, ITC, in Enschede, The Netherlands. It was by several means a memorable event. The beautiful new building, according to a design by the famous modern Dutch architect Max van Huet was just opened, and this workshop was the first to take place there. Of course, much went wrong during the workshop, in particular as the newest electronic equipment regularly failed. But the workshop attrackted more than hundred attendants, and was generally well received. The results of the workshop have been published in Stein et al. (1998). The aim of the workshop was to address issues of spatial statistics for remote sensing. The ITC has a long history on collecting and analyzing satellite and other remote sensing data, but its involvement into spatial statistics is of a more recent date. Uncertainties in remote sensing images and the large amounts of data in many spectral bands are now considered to be of such an impact that it requires a separate approach from a statistical point of view. To quote from the justification of the study day, we read: Modern communication means such as remote sensing require an advanced use of collected data. Satellites collect data with different resolution on different spectral bands.

The National Dynamic Land Cover Dataset
The National Dynamic Land Cover Dataset

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 95

ISBN-13: 9781921954306

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Geoscience Australia and the Australian Bureau of Agricultrual and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) have developed a Dynamic Land Cover Dataset (DLCD) for Australia. The DLCD will allow land managers and decision makers to move beyond snapshot land cover observations ... This report describes the DLCD, how the dataset was generated, presents a cmparison of the DLCD with independent datasets and examples of how the DLCD classification can be used to analyse trends in the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and other data sources. The report also compares the DLCD approach to other National and International land cover mapping approaches--P. 1.

Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing
Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing

Author: Charles Elachi

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-05-11

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 0471783382

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The science and engineering of remote sensing--theory and applications The Second Edition of this authoritative book offers readers the essential science and engineering foundation needed to understand remote sensing and apply it in real-world situations. Thoroughly updated to reflect the tremendous technological leaps made since the publication of the first edition, this book covers the gamut of knowledge and skills needed to work in this dynamic field, including: * Physics involved in wave-matter interaction, the building blocks for interpreting data * Techniques used to collect data * Remote sensing applications The authors have carefully structured and organized the book to introduce readers to the basics, and then move on to more advanced applications. Following an introduction, Chapter 2 sets forth the basic properties of electromagnetic waves and their interactions with matter. Chapters 3 through 7 cover the use of remote sensing in solid surface studies, including oceans. Each chapter covers one major part of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., visible/near infrared, thermal infrared, passive microwave, and active microwave). Chapters 8 through 12 then cover remote sensing in the study of atmospheres and ionospheres. Each chapter first presents the basic interaction mechanism, followed by techniques to acquire, measure, and study the information, or waves, emanating from the medium under investigation. In most cases, a specific advanced sensor is used for illustration. The book is generously illustrated with fifty percent new figures. Numerous illustrations are reproduced in a separate section of color plates. Examples of data acquired from spaceborne sensors are included throughout. Finally, a set of exercises, along with a solutions manual, is provided. This book is based on an upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate course taught by the authors at the California Institute of Technology. Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the field and its applications, it is appropriate for students in electrical engineering, applied physics, geology, planetary science, astronomy, and aeronautics. It is also recommended for any engineer or scientist interested in working in this exciting field.

Dark Domination
Dark Domination

Author: Everly Stone

Publisher: Everly Stone

Published: 2015-06-09

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1940848504

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WARNING: Dark, dirty, forbidden, and hot as hell. Marine turned billionaire arms dealer Jackson Hawke has one goal--to have the woman who ruined his life at his mercy. He'll see her on her knees, even if he has to pay for the privilege. Six years ago, Hannah buried her twin sister. Now, with her family in jeopardy, Hannah must sell herself to a wealthy stranger in order to save their home. She expects to be scarred by the experience. She doesn't expect to pay penance for her sister's sins or to meet a man who brings her body savagely to life. Now Hannah must choose--confess to Jackson that she's not the twin he's looking for and forfeit the money she needs to survive, or submit to a man whose dark domination may be the end of them both. * *CLIFFHANGER ALERT: Dark Domination ends in a cliffhanger. It is the 1st in the Bought by the Billionaire romance series. The entire series is out now. Same steamy romance, new author name.* * Keywords: Bondage & spanking (BDSM), clamps & cuffs, rough sex, public sex, toys, alpha/dominant male, romance, romantic, erotic, erotica, S&M, contemporary, women's fiction, short story, short stories, completed series, series, serial, the bought by the billionaire series, lili valente, l. valente, suspense, free books, freebies, billionaire, military, kidnapped, steamy

Europe, 1880-1945
Europe, 1880-1945

Author: John Morris Roberts

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13:

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The first new edition since 1967 of this standard introductory textbook, this has been significantly rewritten and expanded, and fully revised. It deals with a crucial period of European history during which her economic and political domination of the world reached a climax and then crumbled. Social, economic and cultural aspects are integrated within a framework of political narrative, and the book aims to present major themes through sharp detail rather than abstract generalizations.

William Morris: His Life, Work, and Friends
William Morris: His Life, Work, and Friends

Author: Philip Henderson

Publisher:

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13:

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It was in the medieval town of Oxford, too, that Morris developed two of the devotions that were to dominate his life: passionate commitment to the social and artistic ideals he saw in medieval culture, and friendship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who was to be mentor, rival and--ultimately--bête noire. Henderson traces Morris' development from those early, colorful, brightly optimistic days into the extraordinary later years--when he was "working" poet, architect, decorator, fabric designer, weaver, dyer, embroiderer, and printer, the guiding spirit of "The Firm" of Morris and his associates, as well as passionate political activist, lecturer, and conservationist. He was one of the most influential men in England in both the arts and politics--truly, as Wylie Sypher has called him, "the Leonardo of the Victorians." Henderson at last explains the riddle of Morris' tragic marriage, separating the private torment from the confused public image.