Climatic Change

by Beniston, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781402004445
• ISBN10: 1402004443
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The material presented in this book covers such diverse areas as shifts in precipitation patterns in a changing global climate, the implications for floods or drought, and considerations of managing water resources stressed by poor management practices, overexploitation, and climatic change. The originality of this work is that it brings together under one cover issues that are often otherwise dealt with in a mono-disciplinary manner, i.e. either through the physical sciences or through economic or social considerations. In this way, the book has an added value for scientists who wish to broaden their horizons and avenues of research. The book is primarily aimed at advanced academic research, from PhD or post-doctoral levels and beyond.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Changes in the mean and extremes of the hydrological cycle in Europe under enhanced greenhouse gas conditions in a global time-slice experiment	p. 1
Investigation of the hydrologic cycle simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model over the Quebec/Labrador territory	p. 31
Major influences on precipitation in the Canary Islands	p. 57
High resolution simulations of precipitation over the Alps with the perspective of coupling to hydrological models	p. 75
Heavy precipitation occurrence in Scandinavia investigated with a Regional Climate Model	p. 101
Testing of NAO and ENSO signals in the precipitation field in Europe	p. 113
Water vapor vertical profile by Raman lidar in the free troposphere from the Jungfraujoch Alpine Station	p. 123
A qualitative assessment of the sources of uncertainty in climate change impacts assessment studies	p. 139
The GLOWA Volta project: Integrated assessment of feedback mechanisms between climate, landuse, and hydrology	p. 151
Glowa Danube: A research concept to develop integrative techniques, scenarios and strategies regarding global changes of the water cycle	p. 171
Climate change and water resources in Sweden - analysis of uncertainties	p. 189
Hydrological cycle changes in China's large river basin: The Yellow River drained dry	p. 209
Floods in the context of climate change and variability	p. 225
Climate change impacts on river flooding: A modelling study of three meso-scale catchments	p. 249
Impact of climate change and higher CO[subscript 2] on hydrological processes and crop productivity in the state of Brandenburg, Germany	p. 271
Local climate and water availability changes due to landscape modifications: A numerical experiment in Southeastern Spain	p. 301
Trends in drought in Swiss forested ecosystems	p. 329
Feedback between structured vegetation and soil water in a changing climate: A simulation study	p. 349
Water control and property rights: An analysis of the Middle Eastern situation	p. 379
Exploratory economic assessments of climate change impacts in Israel: Agriculture	p. 411
Changing climate and increasing costs - Implications for liability and insurance	p. 429
Scenario analyses in global change assessment for water management in the lower Rhine delta	p. 445
Climate change and water resources in an arid continent: Managing uncertainty and risk in Australia	p. 465
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