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Turbulent diffusion in environmental pollution
- Date_TXT
- New york : Academic press , 1974
- Cote
- 363.739 2 FRE
- Auteur
- Frenkiel, F. N
- Type de document
- Livre
Description :
The editors of advances in geophysics present with great satisfaction the proceedings of the 1973 IUTAM-IUGG symposium on turbulent diffusion in environmental pollution. Volumes ISA and 18B is a sequel to volume 6, which contained the first symposium; though published 16 years ago, a number of these papers are still widely cited. There is little doubt that the contents of the present volumes contain equally outstanding contributions. The organizers of the Symposium were singularly successful in attracting a worldwide group of authorities in the field and deserve for this the gratitude of the interested scientific public. We also want to thank the volume editors for their unselfish labors in collecting and processing of the manuscripts. Both Dr. Francois N. Frenkiel and Dr. R. E. Munn did an outstanding job for which the readers should give them full credit.
A second reason why we are particularly pleased to see these volumes appear is the current need to present all available knowledge in the field in a world threatened by pollution. Admittedly we are still far from the goal of complete scientific solution to both theoretical and practical problems in the field. Yet there has been great progress in understanding and not inconsiderable success in use of whatever insight has been gained. Moreover, as these volumes show, there is a close alliance between pure and applied science that has helped in the past and bodes well for the future. It is our hope, nay our conviction, that the papers in these volumes will provide considerable stimulus for further research in an intriguing but still intractable field.