Books in Earth and planetary sciences

Elsevier's Earth and Planetary Sciences collection brings together pioneering research on the complexities of our planet and beyond. Covering topics from Earth's structural dynamics and ecosystems to planetary exploration, these titles support advancements in geoscience, environmental science, and space studies, offering essential insights for researchers, professionals, and students.

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Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences

3rd Edition
November 15, 2025
Walter A Robinson + 1 more
English
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The atmosphere conveys routine and severe weather, is central to Earth’s climate system, and provides the gaseous environment for life. This encyclopedia conveys essential information about all three aspects of the atmosphere - its roles in weather, climate, and life. Its articles describe and explain all the principal processes and phenomena. Moreover, because of the need to predict the weather, project climate change, and characterize human impacts on the atmospheric environment, the atmosphere is measured and simulated more intensively than any other natural system. Chapters in this Encyclopedia describe how these measurements and modeling are carried out.Beyond the advances that take place in any thriving scientific discipline, the past decade has seen particularly rapid change and progress within the atmospheric sciences in the following areas, for which new material is included:1. Anthropogenic climate change has become central to all aspects of the atmospheric sciences. New material addresses topics such as how air quality, extreme weather, climate extremes (droughts and floods) will change on a warmer Earth and why. Among the climate-change topics, geoengineering is emerging as an important, if controversial subject.2. High resolution numerical (computer) modeling of weather systems, for the purposes of achieving greater dynamical understanding and for short-range forecasting and storm warnings. The verisimilitude of such models has improved remarkably over the past decade.3. Observational technologies: automated sensors, new radar technologies (e.g. dual polarization), sensors (ground and space based) that use GPS signals, lidars, and small satellites, among others.4. In the area of planetary atmospheres, there is rapid growth in evidence regarding the composition of exoplanetary atmospheres, as well as new information obtained by recent missions to planets and moons within our solar system.5. The use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the atmospheric sciences is growing rapidly - this is addressed in the contexts of both forecasting and climate simulation.6. Increased recognition and understanding of several important weather phenomena that were not included in the 2nd edition.Because atmospheric phenomena are dynamic, we anticipate including multimedia animations of both observations (e.g. radar or satellite loops) and model simulations.

GNSS Applications to Monitor Natural Hazards

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Joseph Awange
English
eBook
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GNSS Applications to Monitor Natural Hazards offers step-by-step GNSS methodologies for reproducibility of the techniques covered, with explanations on how they can be employed for hazard monitoring and mitigation. The book provides an understanding of the applications, benefits, and methods for implementing the techniques in research and how these methods can be used to provide early warning to mitigating catastrophic events.GNSS Applications to Monitor Natural Hazards provides GNSS methodologies for researchers, professionals, and professors working with GNSS technologies or those wanting to relate the application of GNSS to natural hazards.

Handbook of Satellite Land Products

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Shunlin Liang + 1 more
English

Handbook of Satellite Land Products compiles the key information of as many satellite products as possible for each essential land variable. It provides a comprehensive list of openly accessible high-level satellite products that characterize the essential land surface variables of the Earth system, including the original data sources, inversion algorithms, product characteristics, validation accuracy, and any existing applications. Each product includes satellite data inversion methodology and high-level product generation and application information, allowing for comparison of different products and selection of the correct ones for different applications.This book will help researchers, professors, and graduate students grasp the knowledge of existing satellite land products, understand the advantages and limitations, and follow the practical application examples.

Spatial Statistics and Analysis

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Anzhelika Antipova
English

Spatial Statistics and Analysis: Techniques and Applications provides a comprehensive exploration of the theoretical and foundational principles, as well as the applicational aspects of spatial statistics and analysis using the latest, most up-to-date data. It functions as a one-stop standalone resource for both instructors and undergraduate and graduate students using spatial analysis in geography and other earth sciences, as well as public health, engineering, urban and regional planning, criminal justice, epidemiology, and social sciences. Additionally, Spatial Statistics and Analysis: Techniques and Applications is also useful for postgraduate students, researchers, social science practitioners, policy makers, government organizations and those who wish to gain an insight into spatial data analysis. It begins with a clear introduction of the key terms and tools in spatial statistics. Following on from that, it progresses into scales of measurement in spatial analysis and using these to analyze data distributions. Through the provision of compelling hands-on exercises, the book navigates complex topics such as spatial dataset visualizations, spatial statistical relationships and correlation, point features distributions and point pattern analysis. From there, the book moves into areal features distributions and areal pattern analysis using global and local statistics as well as complex spatial patterns and geostatistical analysis. Lastly it delineates the theory of spatial error and uncertainty, and real-world application of Markov chains. This textbook incorporates supplementary resources in the form of instructional slides for teaching, key for lab activities, data sets and high-quality graphic illustrations for students and instructors.

Application of Geosynthetics in Waste Containment

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Haijian Xie + 2 more
English
Paperback
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eBook
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Application of Geosynthetics in Waste Containment: Long-Term Performance of Geosynthetics in Engineering Barrier Systems explains the transport mechanism and influencing factors of pollutants in geosynthetics. The book offers readers a better understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of geosynthetics and provides a theoretical basis for the development of new geosynthetic materials. It begins by examining the types, current applications, and development trends of commonly used geosynthetic materials in the fields of waste containment and environmental protection. The fundamental characteristics of geosynthetic materials and their roles in environmental protection are also introduced.Subsequently, it focuses on material durability and introduces new materials which are crucial considerations in environmental applications. Furthermore, the book provides detailed explanations of the application of geosynthetic materials in waste containment, drainage and filtration layers, cover systems, bottom liners, and vertical cut-off walls within engineering barriers.

An Introduction to Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Gabriel Williams
English

An Introduction to Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology offers a systematic exploration of synoptic meteorology, beginning with the basics of atmospheric pressure and atmospheric motion. It progresses into weather instrumentation and observation, analysis of these observations, surface fronts, and fundamental and inertial atmospheric forces. Subsequent chapters focus on balance in synoptic-scale flow, upper-tropospheric jet streams, and troughs and ridges. Concluding chapters address lower-Tropospheric Processes and Midlatitude Cyclones. This textbook serves as a bridge between introductory and upper-division atmospheric dynamics courses. Supplementary resources include a solutions manual and PowerPoint slides for instructors and Python notebooks with worked examples for both students and instructors.This book is essential for sophomore-level meteorology students, advanced researchers in atmospheric science, and professionals such as meteorologists, weather forecasters, and climate scientists. It is also beneficial for environmental consultants, aviation professionals, hydrologists, oceanographers, energy sector experts, and emergency management officials, making it a versatile resource in navigating the complexities of atmospheric science.

Stratigraphy

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Octavian Catuneanu
English

Stratigraphy is a complete review of each type of stratigraphy in a consistent and systematic manner, including definitions, concepts, practical applications, and case studies in every chapter. The book opens with an overview of stratigraphy along with the historical principles of the discipline. Each of the following chapters defines and explains a specific type of stratigraphy in depth. These types include lithostratigraphy (lithology), biostratigraphy (fossil content), chemostratigraphy (geochemical properties), magnetostratigraphy (magnetic polarity), chronostratigraphy (absolute age), cyclostratigraphy (relationship to astronomical forcing), allostratigraphy (lithological discontinuities), and sequence stratigraphy (stratal stacking patterns). Each chapter follows the same outline and includes the same elements, creating a convenient and accessible reference to quickly review and compare the different types of stratigraphy. This invaluable text provides a key reference for stratigraphic correlation in a wide range of applications.

Water Scarcity Management

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Omid Rahmati + 2 more
English
Paperback
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Drought and the condition of water scarcity lead to several socio-economic, social and environmental impacts. Whatever the approaches of drought management, policymakers and planners require novel methods to analyze data and model drought processes and its connection with water scarcity. In recent years, artificial intelligence-based and earth observation approaches have been progressively developed and applied in domain of water-related disasters. The target of this book is to present new advances and achievements in the fields of drought monitoring, analyzing, and modeling using artificial intelligence algorithms (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, etc.), statistical indices, and a diverse range of satellite remote sensing and geo-spatial data sets. Water Scarcity Management: Towards the Application of Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation Data will help students gain knowledge on drought prediction using new free-access earth observation data and machine learning models. It will also guide scientists, researchers, and urban planners with the monitoring of water resources and key elements of hydrological cycle.

Remote Sensing at Night

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Qingling Zhang
English

Remote Sensing at Night: Technologies, Applications, and Perspectives covers the critical role of remote sensing in understanding Earth's nighttime environment, offering a holistic approach through a wide range of case studies, making the subject accessible to readers with diverse scientific backgrounds. It showcases recent advances in nighttime remote sensing by harnessing the capabilities of the latest Earth observation satellites for nightlight, thermal infrared, and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technologies. The book details the advances of remote sensing technologies in nightscape monitoring for a range of practical and research applications, Earth observation datasets, and challenges. Remote Sensing at Night: Technologies, Applications, and Perspectives equips readers with multidisciplinary knowledge and practical solutions for nighttime monitoring, providing up-to-date global case studies and methodologies for researchers, graduate students, scientists, and academics in remote sensing, geospatial research, and environmental science.

Mine Tailings

1st Edition
November 1, 2025
Akira Otsuki + 2 more
English

Mine Tailings: Fundamental and Engineering Aspects of Colloidal/Fine Mine Wastes closely examines mine waste and issues related to storage, safety, the environment, water, and sustainability. The book opens with a review of the regulations and global standards of tailings management along with a look at common types of tailings storage facilities. Several chapters detail the behavior of tailings materials, such as particle interactions and dispersion/aggregation, rheology of mineral suspensions, soil mechanics, and toxic substance treatment. There is an in-depth look at managing the closure of mine waste management facilities as well as the safety of tailings storage facilities. Finally, the authors examine the environmental, social, and government factors necessary for sustainable mining operations. This text provides a valuable resource for researchers and engineers interested in understanding and mitigating the impacts of mine waste.

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