Format:
1 Online-Ressource(XXIII, 566 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2004.
ISBN:
9783642189487
Series Statement:
Global Change - The IGBP Series
Content:
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? -- 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 -- 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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783540424000
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642623738
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783642189494
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783540424000
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783642623738
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783642189494
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7
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