Hydroclimatology: Perspectives and Applications
Cambridge University Press, 12/4/2008
EAN 9780521848886, ISBN10: 0521848881
Hardcover, 440 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
Hydroclimatology provides a systematic structure for analysing how the climate system causes time and space variations (both global and local) in the hydrologic cycle. Changes in the relationship between the climate system and the hydrologic cycle underlie floods, drought and possible future influences of global warming on water resources. Land-based data, satellite data, and computer models contribute to our understanding of the complex time and space variations of physical processes shared by the climate system and the hydrologic cycle. Blending key information from the fields of climatology and hydrology - which are not often found in a single volume - this is an ideal textbook for students in atmospheric science, hydrology, Earth and environmental science, geography, and environmental engineering. It is also a useful reference for academic researchers in these fields.
1. The realm of hydroclimatology
2. The climate system and the hydrologic cycle
3. Measuring hydroclimate atmospheric components
4. Measuring hydroclimate terrestrial components
5. Remote sensing and hydroclimate data
6. The runoff process and streamflow
7. Hydroclimate spatial variations
8. Hydroclimate temporal variations
9. Floods
the hydroclimatic extreme of excessive moisture
10. Droughts
the hydroclimatic extreme of deficient moisture
Bibliography
Index.
'... ideally suited as an introductory text for undergraduates in climate science and hydrology, while also providing a valuable reference for researchers in adjacent disciplines and practitioners such as applied hydrologists looking for a broad perspective on this field.' Progress in Physical Geography