This book describes recent developments in the modeling of
hydro-climatological processes in time and space. The topic brings
together a wide range of disciplines, such as climatology,
hydrology, geomorphology and ecology, with examples of problems and
related modeling approaches. Parsimonious hydro-climatological
models hold the potential to simulate the combined effects of
rainfall intensity and distribution patterns in the absence of
precipitation records for short time intervals (e.g. daily to
sub-hourly) and over large areas (e.g. regional to continental). In
this book, we show how the principle of parsimony can be followed
without sacrificing depth in seeking to understand a variety of
landscape and surface processes that include hydrologic phenomena.
Geographically speaking, the focus of the book is on Mediterranean
environments. In this region, which is characterized by a complex
morphology, soil erosion by water is a major cause of landscape
degradation and the fragility of ecosystems is abundantly
documented. By exploring interactions between erosive storms and
land with the help of modeling solutions created at a variety of
scales, the book investigates in detail the climatic implications
for the Mediterranean landscape in an effort to bridge historical
and contemporary research, which makes it unique in its
approach.
The book provides a valuable resource for environmental
scientists, while also providing an important basis for graduate
and postgraduate students interested in research on hydrological
cycles and environmental changes.
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