Achievements, history and challenges in geophysics : 60th anniversary of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences / Robert Bialik, Mariusz Majdański, Mateusz Moskalik, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bialik, Robert, editor.

Majdański, Mariusz, editor.

Moskalik, Mateusz, editor.

Series:

GeoPlanet

GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2190-5193

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Instytut Geofizyki (Polska Akademia Nauk).

Geophysics--Congresses.

Geophysics.

Geophysics--Research--Poland--Congresses.

Instytut Geofizyki (Polska Akademia Nauk)--Congresses.

Geophysics--Research.

Poland.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 417 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

60th anniversary of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland ; New York : Springer, [2014]

Contents:

Best practices in earth sciences : the national and international experience of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences / Paweł M. Rowiński and Anna Zdunek

On the roots of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences / Sławomir Maj and Krzysztof P. Teisseyre

Fifty years of palaeomagnetic studies in the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences / Magdalena Kądziałko-Hofmokl, Tomasz Werner and Jadwiga Kruczyk

Natural variations of the geomagnetic field : observations and application to study of the earth's interior and ionosphere / Waldemar Jóźwiak, Jerzy Jankowski and Tomasz Ernst

Half century of the ozone observations at the Central Geophysical Observatory, IGF PAS, Belsk, Poland / Janusz W. Krzyścin, Janusz Borkowski, Anna Głowacka, Janusz Jarosławski, Jerzy Podgórski, Aleksander Pietruczuk, Bonawentura Rajewska-Więch, Anna Sawicka, Piotr Sobolewski, Jakub Wink and Wiesława Zawisza

Forty years of water research at the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences / Robert J. Bialik, Jarosław J. Napiórkowski, Paweł M. Rowiński and Witold G. Strupczewski

Changes in catchment hydrology caused by changes in the environment : a contribution of the Water Resources Department, Institute of Geophysics PAS / Emilia Karamuz and Renata J. Romanowicz

Five Polish seismic expeditions to the West Antarctica (1979-2007) / Tomasz Janik, Marek Grad and Aleksander Guterch

Department of Polar and Marine Research : the Hornsund Station and other activities in the Arctic and Antarctic regions / Marek Górski

Seismology and earth dynamics : a variety of scientific approaches / Krzysztof P. Teisseyre, Paweł Wiejacz and Jacek Trojanowski

Sixty years of publishing with the Institute of Geophysics / Anna Dziembowska and Maria Wernik

Discharge measurements in lowland rivers : field comparison between an electromagnetic open channel flow meter (EOCFM) and an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) / Robert J. Bialik, Mikołaj Karpiński and Agnieszka Rajwa

Random domino automaton : modeling macroscopic properties by means of microscopic rules / Mariusz Białecki and Zbigniew Czechowski

Continental passive margin west of Svalbard and Barents Sea in Polish Arctic seismic studies / Wojciech Czuba

Selected theoretical methods in solid earth physics : contribution from the Institute of Geophysics PAS / Wojciech Dębski, Roman Teisseyre and Włodzimierz Bielski

Application of passive hydroacoustics in the studies of sea-ice, icebergs and glaciers : issues, approaches and future needs / Oskar Glowacki and Mateusz Moskalik

Pigeon navigation model based on a vector magnetometer / Jerzy Jankowski

Analysis of surface ozone variations based on the long-term measurement series in Kraków (1854-1878), (2005-2013) and Belsk (1995-2012) / Izabela Pawlak and Janusz Jarosławski

Dissolved oxygen in rivers : concepts and measuring techniques / Agnieszka Rajwa, Robert J. Bialik, Mikołaj Karpiński and Bartłomiej Luks

Gradient-based similarity in the stable atmospheric boundary layer / Zbigniew Sorbjan

Asymmetric continuum theory : fracture processes in seismology and extreme fluid dynamics / Roman Teisseyre

Time scales : towards extending the finite difference technique for non-homogeneous grids / Kamil Waśkiewicz and Wojciech Dębski.

Notes:

Result of the Jubilee Conference on the occasion of the 60th anniverary of the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, that took place on June 14, 2013, in Jachranska, near Warsaw, Poland. (Preface)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3319075985

9783319075983

OCLC:

880861277