The Earth's Hydrological Cycle [E-Book] / edited by L. Bengtsson, R.-M. Bonnet, M. Calisto, G. Destouni, R. Gurney, J. Johannessen, Y. Kerr, W.A. Lahoz, M. Rast.
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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Personal Name(s): | 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 | |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2014. |
Imprint: |
Dordrecht :
Springer,
2014
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Physical Description: |
VIII, 409 pages (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9789401787895 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-94-017-8789-5 |
Series Title: |
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Space Sciences Series of ISSI ;
46 |
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- 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.