Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate A New Perspective on an Interactive System
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | Global Change - The IGBP Series
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A Does Land Surface Matter in Climate and Weather?
- A.1 Introduction
- A.2 The Climate near the Ground
- A.3 The Regional Climate
- A.4 The Global Climate
- A.5 The Sahelian Climate
- A.6 The Amazonian Climate
- A.7 The Boreal Climate
- A.8 The Asian Monsoon Climate
- A.9 Summary, Conclusion and Perspective
- References
- B How Measurable is the Earth System?
- B.1 Introduction
- B.2 The Energy Balance Closure Problem
- B.3 Radiation Measurements in Integrated Terrestrial Experiments
- B.4 Surface Turbulent Fluxes
- B.5 Accuracy and Utility of Aircraft Flux Measurements
- B.6 Boundary Layer Budgeting
- B.7 Vegetation Structure, Dynamics and Physiology
- B.8 Remote Sensing and Land-surface Experiments
- B.9 The Water Balance Concept — How Useful Is It as a Guiding Principle for the Design of Land-Atmosphere Field Experiments?
- D.6 Case Study 2:Integrated Ecohydrological Analysis of a Temperate Developed Region: The Elbe River Basin in Central Europe
- D.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
- D.8 Conclusions: Scaling Relative Responses of Terrestrial Aquatic Systems to Global Changes
- References
- E How to Evaluate Vulnerability in Changing Environmental Conditions?
- E.1 Introduction
- E.2 Predictability and Uncertainty
- E.3 Contrast between Predictive and Vulnerability Approaches
- E.4 The Scenario Approach
- E.5 The Vulnerability Approach
- E.6 Case Studies
- E.7 Conclusions
- References
- B.10 Use of Field Experiments in Improving the Land-surface Description in Atmospheric Models: Calibration, Aggregation and Scaling
- B.11 Further Insight from Large-scale Observational Studies of Land/Atmosphere Interactions
- References
- C The Value of Land-surface Data Consolidation
- C.1 Motivation for Data Consolidation
- C.2 Existing Degrees of Consolidation
- C.3 Achieving Full Data Consolidation
- C.4 Terrestrial Data Assimilation
- C.5 Conclusions
- References
- D The Integrity of River and Drainage Basin Systems: Challenges from Environmental Change
- D.1 Introduction
- D.2 Responses of Hydrological Processes to Environmental Change at Small Catchment Scales
- D.3 River Basin Responses to Global Change and Anthropogenic Impacts
- D.4 Responses of Continental Aquatic Systems at the Global Scale: New Paradigms, New Methods
- D.5 Case Study 1: Integrated Analysis of a Humid Tropical Region — The Amazon Basin