Keywords:
Bioclimatology.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (564 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783642189487
Series Statement:
Global Change - the IGBP Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=3069536
DDC:
551.6/072
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part A Does Land Surface Matter in Climate and Weather? -- Chapter A.1 Introduction -- ChapterA.2 The Climate near the Ground -- Chapter A.3 The Regional Climate -- ChapterA.4 The Global Climate -- Chapter A.5 The Sahelian Climate -- ChapterA.6 The Amazonian Climate -- ChapterA.7 The Boreal Climate -- Chapter A.8 The Asian Monsoon Climate -- ChapterA.9 Summary, Conclusion and Perspective -- References Part A -- PartB How Measurable Is the Earth System? -- ChapterB.1 Introduction -- ChapterB.2 The Energy Balance Closure Problem -- ChapterB.3 Radiation Measurements in Integrated Terrestrial Experiments -- ChapterB.4 Surface Turbulent Fluxes -- ChapterB.5 Accuracy and Utility of Aircraft Flux Measurements -- Chapter 8.6 Boundary Layer Budgeting -- Chapter B.7 Vegetation Structure, Dynamics and Physiology -- ChapterB.8 Remote Sensing and Land-surface Experiments -- ChapterB.9 The Water Balance Concept - How Useful Is It as a Guiding Principle for the Design of Land-Atmosphere Field Experiments? -- Chapter B.l 0 Use of Field Experiments in Improving the Land-surface Description in Atmospheric Models: Calibration, Aggregation and Scaling -- Chapter B.11 Further Insight from Large-scale Observational Studies of LandIAtmosphere Interactions -- References Part B -- Part C The Value of Land-surface Data Consolidation -- ChapterC.1 Motivation for Data Consolidation -- ChapterC.2 Existing Degrees of Consolidation -- ChapterC.3 Achieving Full Data Consolidation -- ChapterC.4 Terrestrial Data Assimilation -- ChapterC.S Conclusions -- References Part C -- Part D The Integrity of River and Drainage Basin Systems: Challenges from Environmental Change -- Chapter 0.1 Introduction -- Chapter 0.2 Responses of Hydrological Processes to Environmental Change at Small Catchment Scales.
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Chapter 0.4 Responses of Continental Aquatic Systems at the Global Scale: New Paradigms, New Methods -- Chapter 0.5 Case Study 1: Integrated Analysis of a Humid Tropical Region - The Amazon Basin -- ChapterD.6 Case Study 2: Integrated Ecohydrological Analysis of a Temperate Developed Region: The Elbe River Basin in Central Europe -- ChapterD.7 Case Study 3: Modelling the Impacts of Land-use and Climate Change on Hydrological Responses in the Mixed Underdeveloped/Developed Mgeni Catchment, South Africa -- ChapterD.8 Conclusions: Scaling Relative Responses of Terrestrial Aquatic Systems to Global Changes -- References Part 0 -- Part E How to Evaluate Vulnerability in Changing Environmental Conditions? -- Chapter E.l Introduction -- Chapter E.2 Predictability and Uncertainty -- Chapter E.3 Contrast between Predictive and Vulnerability Approaches -- Chapter E.4 The Scenario Approach -- Chapter E.S The Vulnerability Approach -- Chapter E.6 Case Studies -- Chapter E.7 Conclusions -- References Part E -- Index.
