Hydrometeorology

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Collier, Christopher G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Companion Website
  • Chapter 1 The Hydrological Cycle
  • 1.1 Overview
  • 1.2 Processes comprising the hydrological cycle
  • 1.3 Global influences on the hydrological cycle
  • 1.4 Water balance
  • 1.5 Impact of aerosols on the hydrological cycle
  • 1.6 Coupled models for the hydrological cycle
  • 1.7 Global Energy and Water Cycle Exchanges Project (GEWEX)
  • 1.8 Flooding
  • Summary of key points in this chapter
  • Problems
  • References
  • Chapter 2 Precipitation
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Equation of state for a perfect gas
  • 2.3 Hydrostatic pressure law
  • 2.4 First law of thermodynamics
  • 2.5 Atmospheric processes: dry adiabatic lapse rate
  • 2.6 Water vapour in the atmosphere
  • 2.7 Atmospheric processes: saturated adiabatic lapse rate
  • 2.8 Stability and convection in the atmosphere
  • 2.9 The growth of precipitation particles
  • 2.10 Precipitation systems
  • 2.10.1 Localized convection
  • 2.10.2 Mesoscale precipitation systems
  • 2.10.3 Mid-latitude depressions
  • 2.10.4 Tropical storms
  • 2.10.5 Orographic effects on precipitation distribution
  • 2.10.6 Topographical effects on precipitation distribution
  • 2.11 Global atmospheric circulation
  • Appendix 2.1 Growth of a raindrop
  • Summary of key points in this chapter
  • Problems
  • References
  • Chapter 3 Evaporation and Transpiration
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Modelling potential evaporation based upon observations
  • 3.3 Aerodynamic approach
  • 3.4 Energy balance
  • 3.5 The Penman equation
  • 3.6 Sensible and water vapour fluxes
  • 3.7 Evaporation of water from wet vegetation surfaces: the interception process
  • 3.8 Measuring evaporation and transpiration
  • 3.9 Water circulation in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
  • 3.10 Water circulation and transpiration
  • 3.11 Water flux in plants
  • 3.12 Modelling land surface temperatures and fluxes
  • 3.13 Soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer schemes
  • 3.14 Estimation of large scale evapotranspiration and total water storage in a river basin
  • Appendix 3.1 Combination of aerodynamic and energy balance methods of computing lake evaporation
  • Appendix 3.2 Modelling soil moisture wetness
  • Summary of key points in this chapter
  • Problems
  • References
  • Chapter 4 Snow and Ice
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Basic processes
  • 4.2.1 Formation of snow
  • 4.2.2 Formation of snow cover and its effects on the atmosphere
  • 4.2.3 Formation of ice
  • 4.3 Characteristics of snow cover
  • 4.4 Glaciers
  • 4.5 Sea ice
  • 4.6 Permafrost
  • 4.7 The physics of melting and water movement through snow
  • 4.8 Water equivalent of snow
  • 4.9 Modelling snowmelt and stream flow
  • 4.10 Snow avalanches
  • 4.11 Worldwide distribution and extremes of snow cover
  • Appendix 4.1 Estimates of catchment snowmelt inflow rates
  • Summary of key points in this chapter
  • Problems
  • References

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