Energy and Water Cycles in the Climate System (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)

Water is the most effective agent in the climate system to modulate energy transfer by radiative processes, through its exchanges of latent heat and within cascades of chemical processes. It is the source of all life on earth, and once convective clouds are formed, it enables large vertical transports of momentum, heat and various atmospheric constituents up to levels above the tropical tropopause. Water triggers very complex processes at the earth's continental surfaces and within the oceans. At last, water in its gaseous phase is the most important greenhouse-gas! Numerical modelling and measurements of the state of the present climate system needs a very thorough understanding of all these processes and their various interactions and forcings. This is a prerequisite for more substantial forecasts of future states in all scales of time, from days to centuries. Therefore, the management of the World Climate Research Programme established in 1988 the new programme GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment). GEWEX is specifically defined to determine the energy and water transports in the fast components of the climate system with the presently available modelling and measurement means and to provide new capabilities for the future. Research in GEWEX must further develop methods to determine the influence of climatic anomalies on available water resources.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Nato ASI Subseries I:, 5
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1993
Editors:	Ehrhard Raschke • Daniela Jacob
Dimensions:	242 x 170 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	467
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-76959-7
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Mineralogy > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Water supply & treatment > General Promotions
LSN:	3-642-76959-4
Barcode:	9783642769597

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