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Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate

A New Perspective on an Interactive System

Editors:

  1. Pavel Kabat

    1. ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  2. Martin Claussen

    1. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, Germany

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  3. Paul A. Dirmeyer

    1. Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, USA

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  4. John H. C. Gash

    1. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxfordshire, UK

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  5. Lelys Bravo Guenni

    1. Departamento de Cómputo Cientifico y Estadistica, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

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  6. Michel Meybeck

    1. Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée, Université de Paris 6/SYSYPHE, Paris, France

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  7. Roger A. Pielke

    1. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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  8. Charles I. Vörösmarty

    1. Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans & Space (EOS) Complex Systems Research Center, Water Systems Analysis Group Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

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  9. Ronald W. A. Hutjes

    1. ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  10. Sabine Lütkemeier

    1. Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, Germany

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Table of contents (46 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Pavel Kabat, Martin Claussen, Paul A. Dirmeyer, John H. C. Gash, Lelys Bravo de Guenni, Michel Meybeck et al.
      Pages 1-3

  3. Does Land Surface Matter in Climate and Weather?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    2. Introduction

      • Martin Claussen
      Pages 7-8

    3. The Climate near the Ground

      • Andrew J. Pitman, Han Dolman, Bart Kruijt, Riccardo Valentini, Dennis Baldocchi
      Pages 9-19

    4. The Regional Climate

      • Roni Avissar, Christopher P. Weaver, David Werth, Roger A. Pielke Sr., Robert Rabin, Andrew J. Pitman et al.
      Pages 21-32

    5. The Global Climate

      • Martin Claussen, Peter M. Cox, Xubin Zeng, Pedro Viterbo, Anton C. M. Beljaars, Richard A. Betts et al.
      Pages 33-57

    6. The Sahelian Climate

      • Yongkang Xue, Ronald W. A. Hutjes, Richard J. Harding, Martin Claussen, Steven D. Prince, Thierry Lebel et al.
      Pages 59-77

    7. The Amazonian Climate

      • Carlos A. Nobre, Maria Assuncão Silva Dias, Alistair D. Culf, Jan Polcher, John H. C. Gash, José A. Marengo et al.
      Pages 79-92

    8. The Boreal Climate

      • Forrest G. Hall, Alan K. Betts, Steve Frolking, Ross Brown, Jing M. Chen, Wenjun Chen et al.
      Pages 93-114

    9. The Asian Monsoon Climate

      • Congbin Fu, Tetsuzo Yasunari, Sabine Lütkemeier
      Pages 115-127

    10. Summary, Conclusion and Perspective

      • Martin Claussen, Andrew J. Pitman
      Pages 129-136

    11. References Part A

      • Pavel Kabat, Martin Claussen, Paul A. Dirmeyer, John H. C. Gash, Lelys Bravo de Guenni, Michel Meybeck et al.
      Pages 137-153

  4. How Measurable is the Earth System?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-156
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    2. Introduction

      • John H. C. Gash, Pavel Kabat
      Pages 157-158

    3. The Energy Balance Closure Problem

      • Alistair D. Culf, Thomas Foken, John H. C. Gash
      Pages 159-166

    5. Surface Turbulent Fluxes

      • John Moncrieff
      Pages 173-182

    6. Accuracy and Utility of Aircraft Flux Measurements

      • Timothy L. Crawford, Ronald J. Dobosy
      Pages 183-188

    7. Boundary Layer Budgeting

      • David R. Fitzjarrald
      Pages 189-197
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Editors and Affiliations

  • ALTERRA Green World Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Pavel Kabat, Ronald W. A. Hutjes

  • Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung, Potsdam, Germany

    Martin Claussen, Sabine Lütkemeier

  • Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, USA

    Paul A. Dirmeyer

  • Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxfordshire, UK

    John H. C. Gash

  • Departamento de Cómputo Cientifico y Estadistica, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela

    Lelys Bravo Guenni

  • Laboratoire de Géologie Appliquée, Université de Paris 6/SYSYPHE, Paris, France

    Michel Meybeck

  • Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

    Roger A. Pielke

  • Institute for the Study of Earth Oceans & Space (EOS) Complex Systems Research Center, Water Systems Analysis Group Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA

    Charles I. Vörösmarty

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate

  • Book Subtitle: A New Perspective on an Interactive System

  • Editors: Pavel Kabat, Martin Claussen, Paul A. Dirmeyer, John H. C. Gash, Lelys Bravo Guenni, Michel Meybeck, Roger A. Pielke, Charles I. Vörösmarty, Ronald W. A. Hutjes, … Sabine Lütkemeier

  • Series Title: Global Change - The IGBP Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18948-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 2004

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-42400-0Published: 30 April 2004

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-62373-8Published: 21 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-18948-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1619-2435

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 566

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Geoecology/Natural Processes, Nature Conservation

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