Drought : an interdisciplinary perspective /

Benjamin I. Cook brings together climate science, hydrology, and ecology to provide a synthetic overview of drought and its environmental and social consequences. Drought is a critical interdisciplinary text that will be essential reading for a broad range of students in earth science and environmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cook, Benjamin I. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Droughts.
Sécheresses.
drought.
SCIENCE > Physics.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
NATURE > Weather.
Droughts
Anthropogene Klimaänderung
Dürre
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and drought
  • Global hydroclimatology
  • Drought in the climate system
  • Drought and hydroclimate variability in the Holocene
  • Climate change and drought
  • Case studies: the Dust Bowl and the Sahel drought
  • Desertification and land degradation
  • Groundwater and irrigation.

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