The Earth's Hydrological Cycle

This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's Hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic. Water is a central component in the Earth's system. It is indispensable for life on Earth in its present form and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Bengtsson, L. (Editor ), Bonnet, R.-M (Editor ), Calisto, M. (Editor ), Destouni, G. (Editor ), Gurney, R. (Editor ), Johannessen, J. (Editor ), Kerr, Y. (Editor ), Lahoz, W.A (Editor ), Rast, M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Space Sciences Series of ISSI ; 46
Temas:
Environment.
Water.
Hydrology.
Atmospheric science.
Oceanography.
Physical geography.
Environmental Sciences.
Atmospheric Science.
Ocean Sciences.
Earth System Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Review of understanding of Earth's hydrological cycle: Observations, theory and modeling
  • Challenges in water cycle research
  • Physically consistent responses of the global atmospheric cycle in models and observations
  • Quantifying and reducing uncertainties in the large scale response of the water cycle
  • Conceptual problems in Land Surface Data Assimilation
  • Initialisation of land surface variables for Numerical Weather Prediction
  • Closing the gaps in our knowledge of the hydrological cycle over land: Conceptual problems
  • Toward improved estimation of the dynamic topography and ocean circulation in the high latitude and Arctic Ocean
  • Sea Surface Salinity Observations from Space with SMOS satellite: a new tool to better monitor the marine branch of the water cycle
  • Role of ocean in the variability of Indian summer monsoon rainfall
  • Perspectives in modeling climate-hydrology interactions
  • Downscaling satellite precipitation with emphasis on extremes
  • Global snow mass measurements and the effect of stratigraphic detail on inversion of microwave brightness temperatures
  • Glaciers in the Earth's hydrological cycle: Assessments of glacier mass and runoff changes on global and regional scales
  • Observing global surface water flood dynamics
  • Arctic climate and water change: Model and observation relevance for assessment and adaptation
  • Irrigation effects on hydro-climatic change: Basin-wise water balance-constrained quantification and cross-regional comparison.

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