Floods in a Changing Climate: Extreme Precipitation (International Hydrology Series)
Cambridge University Press, 11/22/2012
EAN 9781107018785, ISBN10: 1107018781
Hardcover, 285 pages, 27.8 x 22.1 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Measurement, analysis and modeling of extreme precipitation events linked to floods is vital in understanding changing climate impacts and variability. This book provides methods for assessment of the trends in these events and their impacts. It also provides a basis to develop procedures and guidelines for climate-adaptive hydrologic engineering. Academic researchers in the fields of hydrology, climate change, meteorology, environmental policy and risk assessment, and professionals and policy-makers working in hazard mitigation, water resources engineering and climate adaptation will find this an invaluable resource. This volume is the first in a collection of four books on flood disaster management theory and practice within the context of anthropogenic climate change. The others are: Floods in a Changing Climate: Hydrological Modeling by P. P. Mujumdar and D. Nagesh Kumar, Floods in a Changing Climate: Inundation Modeling by Giuliano Di Baldassarre and Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management by Slodoban Simonović.
Part I. Precipitation Processes and Measurement
1. Precipitation and climate change
2. Precipitation measurement
3. Spatial analysis of precipitation data
Part II. Extreme Precipitation, Floods and Climate Change
4. Extreme precipitation and floods
5. Precipitation modeling and climate change
Part III. Precipitation Variability, Teleconnections and Trends
6. Precipitation variability and teleconnections
7. Global precipitation trends and variability
Part IV. Hydrologic Modeling and Design in a Changing Climate
8. Hydrologic modeling and design
9. Future perspectives
References
Index.