Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate [electronic resource] : A New Perspective on an Interactive System /

A Does Land Surface Matter in Climate and Weather? -- A.1 Introduction -- A.2 The Climate near the Ground -- A.3 The Regional Climate -- A.4 The Global Climate -- A.5 The Sahelian Climate -- A.6 The Amazonian Climate -- A.7 The Boreal Climate -- A.8 The Asian Monsoon Climate -- A.9 Summary, Conclusion and Perspective -- References -- B How Measurable is the Earth System? -- B.1 Introduction -- B.2 The Energy Balance Closure Problem -- B.3 Radiation Measurements in Integrated Terrestrial Experiments -- B.4 Surface Turbulent Fluxes -- B.5 Accuracy and Utility of Aircraft Flux Measurements -- B.6 Boundary Layer Budgeting -- B.7 Vegetation Structure, Dynamics and Physiology -- B.8 Remote Sensing and Land-surface Experiments -- B.9 The Water Balance Concept — How Useful Is It as a Guiding Principle for the Design of Land-Atmosphere Field Experiments? -- B.10 Use of Field Experiments in Improving the Land-surface Description in Atmospheric Models: Calibration, Aggregation and Scaling -- B.11 Further Insight from Large-scale Observational Studies of Land/Atmosphere Interactions -- References -- C The Value of Land-surface Data Consolidation -- C.1 Motivation for Data Consolidation -- C.2 Existing Degrees of Consolidation -- C.3 Achieving Full Data Consolidation -- C.4 Terrestrial Data Assimilation -- C.5 Conclusions -- References -- D The Integrity of River and Drainage Basin Systems: Challenges from Environmental Change -- D.1 Introduction -- D.2 Responses of Hydrological Processes to Environmental Change at Small Catchment Scales -- D.3 River Basin Responses to Global Change and Anthropogenic Impacts -- D.4 Responses of Continental Aquatic Systems at the Global Scale: New Paradigms, New Methods -- D.5 Case Study 1: Integrated Analysis of a Humid Tropical Region — The Amazon Basin -- D.6 Case Study 2: Integrated Ecohydrological Analysis of a Temperate Developed Region: The Elbe River Basin in Central Europe -- D.7 Case Study 3: Modelling the Impacts of Land Use and Climate Change on Hydrological Responses in the Mixed Underdeveloped/Developed Mgeni Catchment, South Africa -- D.8 Conclusions: Scaling Relative Responses of Terrestrial Aquatic Systems to Global Changes -- References -- E How to Evaluate Vulnerability in Changing Environmental Conditions? -- E.1 Introduction -- E.2 Predictability and Uncertainty -- E.3 Contrast between Predictive and Vulnerability Approaches -- E.4 The Scenario Approach -- E.5 The Vulnerability Approach -- E.6 Case Studies -- E.7 Conclusions -- References.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Kabat, Pavel. editor., Claussen, Martin. editor., Dirmeyer, Paul A. editor., Gash, John H. C. editor., Guenni, Lelys Bravo de. editor., Meybeck, Michel. editor., Pielke, Roger A. editor., Vörösmarty, Charles I. editor., Hutjes, Ronald W. A. editor., Lütkemeier, Sabine. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2004
Subjects:	Earth sciences., Atmospheric sciences., Geoecology., Environmental geology., Nature conservation., Earth Sciences., Atmospheric Sciences., Geoecology/Natural Processes., Nature Conservation.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7
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