Books in the Special Publications series

This book is the proceedings of the International Conference on Water Contamination Emergencies: Monitoring, Understanding, Acting held in October 2010.

The proceedings of the World Conference on "New developments in Acacia Gums Research and Products" demonstrating the latest frontiers in gum Arabic production, identification, classification and production.

Proceedings from the 10th International Conference on the applications of Magnetic Resonance in Food Science to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

This publication presents the collected works of Heinz-Wolfram Kasemir, a prolific researcher in many branches of atmospheric electricity, with commentaries by Lothar Ruhnke and Vladislav Mazur. Because many of his papers were not reviewed by his peers, it is a rare opportunity to experience the real thinking of a prominent scientist in the field of atmospheric electricity. Several of his contributions stand out as most significant for the development of this science: Kasemir developed a physically-sound theory about the transfer of charges from thunderstorms to global fair-weather areas. Kasemir's theory of atmospheric current flow influenced calculations of (1) the electric field and current pattern of cloud charges in the presence of conductivity increasing with altitude, (2) the time-function for a lightning electric field that changes from electrostatic to one driven by conductivity, and (3) the effect of conductivity changes at cloud boundaries on their screening charges, and consequently, on surface electric fields. Kasemir's revolutionary idea that lightning develops as a bi-directional leader with a zero-net charge, proposed in 1950, had a major impact on the development of lightning physics. Kasemir's analysis of influence charge on lightning channels in a potential field opened up the area of the physical modeling of lightning processes. This project was generously supported by the National Science Foundation through AGS-1138919. Thank you to NSF for its contribution in making this collection available to the public.

The Proceedings of the 12th International Flavor Conference, 4th George Charalambous Memorial Symposium, held May 25-29, 2009 in Skiathos, Greece.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. From the Sun demystifies auroras, magnetic storms, solar flares, cosmic rays and other displays of Sun-Earth interactions. The authors, all well-known figures in space science, explain how solar eruptions affect human technology and society in articles intended for the nonspecialist and adapted from Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. One of the most appealing features is a comprehensive glossary of the terminology necessary to read almost any volume on Sun-Earth connections.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. Hurricane research implicates something more than science. It is the key to saving lives and mitigating economic damage. From the Galveston catastrophe of 1900, where more than 8,000 people died, to the economic devastation wrought by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 in the United States, scientists have striven to understand and track hurricanes while charting their societal effects. Hurricane! Coping with Disaster tells the dramatic history of that effort by leading meteorologists--the men and women who brought hurricane science into the 21st century, and those who sustain it today. for readers everywhere interested in climatology, hurricane research, the historical background, and more.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series. This is a research monograph and not a textbook. Here I demonstrate analytically how the observed, opposing, latitudinal gradients in the average range and richness of local vascular land plant species are (outside the moist-tropical zone, at least) driven primarily by the local temporal and spatial variability of shortwave radiative flux at the canopy top. (The term "richness" as used here means the local number of different vascular land plant species unlimited by the size of the area sampled.) The hypotheses are simplistic but are nevertheless convincingly accurate in extratropical latitudes when tested against observations over the continental land surfaces of the Northern Hemisphere, the only areas tested here.

Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula presents the analysis of data collected during the 2005-2006 SHALDRIL program, which sampled the most complete Cenozoic stratigraphic section anywhere in Antarctica. The stratigraphic intervals sampled fill major gaps in the existing stratigraphic record of the Antarctic Peninsula, which is believed to have been the last place in Antarctica to become fully glaciated and, as such, the last refugium for plants and animals living on the continent. Providing previously unpublished results from studies aimed at improving our understanding of the changes in climate, glacial setting, and fauna and flora that took place over the past 30 million years, the volume highlights include discussions of Marine seismic and drill core records documenting the initial growth and expansion of an ice sheet across the northernmost Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf in the northwestern Weddell Sea Detailed vegetation and phytoplankton evolution from greenhouse through icehouse conditions in Antarctica's last refugium Sand grain texture and micromorphology indicating ice sheet control of weathering style Exhumational history around the Drake Passage margins from thermochronology and sediment provenance Comprehensive review of the opening of the ocean passageway between Antarctica and South America and the associated regional tectonics Tectonic, Climatic, and Cryospheric Evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula will be of interest to geologists, climatologists, and glaciologists interested in climate and cryosphere evolution and those factors that regulate it.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series.Graduate school can be an exciting, challenging time for students, but it can be scary and intimidating at the same time. Navigating Graduate School and Beyond: A Career Guide for Graduate Students and a Must Read for Every Advisor outlines the steps and skills necessary to succeed in graduate school and in your career. "Insider tips" help students better understand their advisors, leading to more productive advisor/student relationships. The importance of sowing well now with good habits and management techniques in order to reap big later is the central focus of the volume.

This book is a unique title that will be welcomed by many in industry, including industrial and water chemists, microbiologists, and plant and environment managers.

This book captures the proceedings from the third in a series of meetings addressing the extensive research and analysis performed to ensure the continuing safe performance of the graphite cores.

This book is based on the proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Nanopores for Bioanalytical Applications (Lanzarote, 2012).

This high level book is aimed at researchers, both industrial and academic, and provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of actinide science.

This book is the proceedings of the conference Faecal Indicators: problem or solution? addressing the existing and emerging issues in environmental microbiology.

This book should provide stimulating reading for technologists, scientists, and engineers involved in particle characterization and powder technology worldwide.

Physics and Chemistry of Ice is an authoritative summary of state-of the-art research contributions from the world's leading scientists. A key selection of submissions from to the 11th International Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Ice, 2006 are presented here with a foreword by Werner F. Kuhs.

This text provides an authoritative source of information for those wishing to increase their knowledge of the molecular bases of gluten functionality and nutritional role.

Suitable for postgraduates and researchers this book provides essential new findings by experts in the field.

Ideal for graduates and researchers in the field this book provides an up-to-date, global perspective of the latest developments in the field.

This book presents the very latest research in the area and is unique in covering both proteins and polysaccharides in the same volume.

This book will be welcomed by readers in academia and medicine as an illustration of the diversity of research into anaesthesia and associated history of this fascinating subject

With contributions from experts in the field, analysts dealing with method validation will find the examples presented in this book a useful source of technical information.

This book is an excellent guide to membrane technology and will be of great interest to water companies, industrialists and legislative bodies.

Presenting the best and most recent research in this important area, this book focuses on the molecular and chemical aspects of humic substances.

This book is an essential purchase for speciality chemical producers and users, particularly those in the paper, plastic, polymer, paint, rubber, adhesive and ceramic industries.

Researchers and other professionals in industry and academia will welcome this title as a source of the very latest information.