The strange and contested evolution of the management of banking riskBanks in America are private institutions with private shareholders, boards of directors, profit motives, customers, and competitors. And yet the public plays a key role in deciding...

This comprehensive text and reference work on numerical weather prediction covers for the first time, not only methods for numerical modeling, but also the important related areas of data assimilation and predictability. It incorporates all aspects of...

Drawing from a decade-long collaboration between Japan and Russia, this important volume presents the first major synthesis of current knowledge on the ecophysiology of the coniferous forests growing on permafrost at high latitudes. It presents...

Data Assimilation comprehensively covers data assimilation and inverse methods, including both traditional state estimation and parameter estimation. This text and reference focuses on various popular data assimilation methods, such as weak and strong...

This highly successful text, now in its second edition, has been extensively revised and expanded to cover new algorithms. The text, maintaining the no-nonsense, get-to-the-fact approach taken in the first edition, focuses on the needs of students,...

Micrometeorology is a branch of meteorology that is concerned with atmospheric phenomena and processes near the ground at scales of tens of meters to several kilometers. Progress in micrometeorologyismade...

The emerging multidisciplinary field of earth system science sets out to improve our understanding functioning ecosystems, at a global level across the entire planet. Stable Isotopes and Biosphere - Atmosphere Interactions looks to one of its most...

The 20th century has experienced environmental changes that appear to be unprecedented in their rate and magnitude during the Earth’s history. For the first time, this special volume brings together a wide range of perspectives and data that speak...

This is the first book specifically designed to offer the student a smooth transitionary course between elementary fluid dynamics (which gives only last-minute attention to turbulence) and the professional literature on turbulent flow, where an advanced...

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This edition of the Divine Liturgy (a Eucharistic ritual for religious services) with propers and commons has been prepared for the use of the faithful in the Byzantine Ruthenian Metropolitan Church of Pittsburgh by the Intereparchial Liturgical...

From a member of the Pussy Riot collective: An urgent, intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin's RussiaPicking up where Riot Days left off, Maria (Masha) Alyokhina takes us through her activist experiences...

Take a whistle-stop tour of key slow cooker techniques, with 75 simple recipes for delicious mains, sides, snacks and desserts. With The Complete Slow Cooker Cookbook you'll enjoy all-in-one winter warmers like curries, casseroles, stews and chilies,...

A delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of the under-known man who had an astonishing amount to do with itMalcolm Cowley is not a household name today, but the American literary...

Make every hour a mocktail hour worth celebrating with 70 recipes from popular Peloton instructor and lifestyle influencer Callie Gullickson Hey, besties! It's time to show ourselves some self care without sacrificing on the fun, right? Having fun...

ONE OF NPR’S “BOOKS WE LOVE” 2024“One of the most nuanced, astute critiques of America now I’ve read in years. And it’s also frequently hilarious.”—Los Angeles Times“[For] basically anyone who is breathing, Rental House is a must-read."—San Francisco...