UID:
(DE-602)almahu_9949225585902882
Format:
1 online resource (591 pages)
ISBN:
0-12-823287-0
,
0-12-822699-4
Content:
Precipitation is a key factor needed for understanding landscape evolution and ecosystem services. Knowing the main precipitation composition, mechanisms and processes allows for efficient land management plans and ecosystem restoration activities. However, precipitation shows different responses under specific environments depending on the climate (from the arid to the polar areas), parent material, scale (from the raindrops to catchment scale), intensity, landscape morphologies (soil sealing, rills, gullies or rivers) or human activities (agriculture or urban areas). Precipitation: Earth Surface Responses and Processes bring this information together and provides indispensable material in a holistic manner for students, scientists and lecturers from different environmental disciplines such as climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydrology, soil science, geography, engineering, or ecology.--
Note:
1. Introduction: Rainfall, the State-of-the-Art -- 2. Precipitation, climate change and global circulation models -- 3. Composition of rainwater -- 4. Extreme rainfall events: Tropical storms, Monsoons and el Niño, and droughts -- 5. Snow and related processes to high latitudes and mountainous areas -- 6. Traditional and modern precipitation monitoring opportunities -- 7. Precipitation mapping and spatial analysis -- 8. Understanding the water balance -- 9. Responses of soil moisture to rainfall pulses and land preparation techniques -- 10. Challenges to improve Precipitation-Hydrological experimental fieldwork -- 11. From rainfall to sediment delivery and storage -- 12. On the relationship between precipitation and species distribution -- 13. Rainfall as a vector-borne disease -- 14. Effects of rainfall extreme events on coastal marine ecosystems -- 15. Morphological response and associated processes to precipitation in volcanic areas -- 16. Response of burned areas and associated ecosystems to rainfall events -- 17. Geomorphological precipitation as a key element in the modelling of the landscapes -- 18. Rainfall and river evolution -- 19. Understanding the implication of raindrops and splash in soil erosion studies -- 20. Rainfall Erosivity: Basic Theorems, Sensitivity to Intensity Measurements, and Modeling Applications -- 21. Rainfall and associated extreme soil erosion processes mapping: rills, gullies and landslides -- 22. Rainfall simulators for experimental research -- 23. Rainfall-runoff-erosion processes in urban areas -- 24. Rainfall, soil sealing and floods in urban and rural areas -- 25. Stormwater quality, treatment and management.
Language:
English
