The past five decades have witnessed a rapid growth of computer models for simulating ecosystem functions and dynamics. This has been fueled by the availability of remote sensing data, computation capability, and cross-disciplinary knowledge. These models contain many submodules for simulating different processes and forcing mechanisms, albeit it has become challenging to truly understand the details due to their complexity. Most ecosystem models, fortunately, are rooted in a few core biophysical foundations, such as the widely recognized Farquhar model, Ball-Berry-Leuning and Medlyn family models, Penman-Monteith equation, Priestley-Taylor model, and Michaelis-Menten kinetics. After an introduction of biophysical essentials, four chapters present the core algorithms and their behaviors in modeling ecosystem production, respiration, evapotranspiration, and global warming potentials. Each chapter is composed of a brief introduction of the literature, in which model algorithms, their assumptions, and performances are described in detail. Spreadsheet (or Python codes) templates are included in each chapter for modeling exercises with different input parameters as online materials, which include datasets, parameter estimation, and real-world applications (e.g., calculations of global warming potentials). Users can also apply their own datasets. The materials included in this volume serve as effective tools for users to understand model behaviors and uses with specified conditions and in situ applications. 

**From Agincourt to Waterloo, from Dunkirk to the Gulf War, and in every conflict in between, one man has served in all these battles. This is the story of Britain at war from the perspective of that man. It is the autobiography of the British soldier.** In a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by Oliver Cromwell to the Speaker of Parliament, to a First World War's soldier's last letter home to his son, to a powerful description of what it was like to be on the Sir Galahad when it was hit by a missile in the Falklands conflict of the 1980s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in Basra, Iraq. Winner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the Western Front, thin khaki line against Hitler - wherever and whenever, the British soldier has done his duty - and more, this is his heroic story. It includes first hand accounts from **George Orwell, Winston Churchill, Vera Brittain, Siegfiried Sassoon** and **Corporal Chris Ryan** to name but a few. *The Autobiography of the British Soldier* is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of the British Army. ## Praise for The Autobiography of the British Soldier: **'A thoughtful compilation... One is struck by the breadth of suffering it covers and the sheer quantity of human blood that has been spilled on the earth... The letters "to be opened only in the event of my death" are almost unbearably moving' - Guardian 'Five stars' - Sunday Express John Lewis-Stempel * *is a writer predominantly known for his books on military and natural history. He lives in Herefordshire, on the very edge of England before it runs into Wales, and within a stone's throw (with a decent gust of wind) from where his family were farming in the 1300s. His many books include* Fatherhood: The Anthology, England: The Autobiography, The Autobiography of the British Soldier* (Sunday Express '5 stars') and *The Wild Life* (Sunday Telegraph 'Timely and Compelling') and *Foraging: The Essential Guide to Free Wild Food*. **

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Now available in the US, this is the revised and expanded fifth edition of a book that has been the standard reference work for divers, anglers and scientists for over 30 years.

The pixel as the organizing principle of all pictures, from cave paintings to Toy Story.

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Excerpt from The British Critic, Vol. 16: For July, August, September, October, November, and December, 1800

This book concentrates on presenting the theory of special relativity as the geometry of space-time. The presentation is straightforward, complete and reader friendly, with explanatory asides, that give historical context and links with other branches of physics and mathematics. The first four chapters provide a complete description of the special theory and the nature of space and time, with the minimum use of mathematics. The mathematics necessary is introduced in the following five chapters, with the final fifteen

If you're a cybersecurity professional, then you know how it often seems that no one cares about (or understands) information security. InfoSec professionals frequently struggle to integrate security into their companies' processes. Many are at odds with their organizations. Most are under-resourced. There must be a better way. This essential manager's guide offers a new approach to building and maintaining an information security program that's both effective and easy to follow.

The body in dreams, myths, legends, and anecdotes of the fantastic as expressions of human corporeality.