Hydroclimatology : perspectives and applications /

"Hydroclimatology provides a systematic structure for analysing how the climate system causes time and space variations (both global and local) in the hydrologic cycle. Changes in the relationship between the climate system and the hydrologic cycle underlie floods, drought and possible future i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shelton, Marlyn L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Hydrologic cycle.
Climatology.
Hydrometeorology.
Cycle hydrologique.
Hydrométéorologie.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Limnology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Hydrology.
Climatology
Hydrologic cycle
Hydrometeorology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The realm of hydroclimatology; 2. The climate system and the hydrologic cycle; 3. Measuring hydroclimate atmospheric components; 4. Measuring hydroclimate terrestrial components; 5. Remote sensing and hydroclimate data; 6. The runoff process and streamflow; 7. Hydroclimate spatial variations; 8. Hydroclimate temporal variations; 9. Floods: the hydroclimatic extreme of excessive moisture; 10. Droughts: the hydroclimatic extreme of deficient moisture.

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