Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water - Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydrology, and Societal Impacts |
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Edited by: Potter, Thomas D.; Colman, Bradley R. © 2003
John Wiley & Sons
Description: This book will be an essential addition to the libraries of professionals and academics in the environmental sciences, and a valuable source book for university and technical libraries throughout the world.
Front Matter
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Preface
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Contributors
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Table of Contents
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Section 1. Atmospheric Chemistry
1. Overview: Atmospheric Chemistry
2. Oxidizing Power of Atmosphere
3. Tropospheric Ozone
4. Nitrogen Oxides and other Reactive Nitrogen Species
5. Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere
6. Atmospheric Methane
7. Biogenic Non-Methane Hydrocarbons
8. Atmospheric Sulfur
9. Convective Transport
10. Boundary Layer Processes and Flux Measurements
11. Sources and Composition of Aerosol Particles
12. Aerosols: Formation and Microphysics in the Troposphere
13. Photochemical Smog: Ozone and its Precursors
14. Biomass Burning
15. Acid Rain and Deposition
16. Fundamentals of Visibility
17. Cloud Chemistry
18. Dry Deposition
19. Fate of Atmospheric Trace Gases: Wet Deposition
20. Large-Scale Circulation of the Stratosphere
21. Stratospheric Ozone Observations
22. Aerosol Processes in the Stratosphere
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Section 2. Hydrology
23. Hydrology Overview
24. Rainfall
25. Snow Hydrology and Water Resources (Western United States)
26. Evaluating the Spatial Distribution of Evaporation
27. Infiltration and Soil Moisture Processes
28. Groundwater Flow Processes
29. Surface Runoff Generation
30. Flow Routing
31. Hydrologic Modeling for Runoff Forecasting
32. Stochastic Characteristics and Modeling of Hydroclimatic Processes
33. Stochastic Simulation of Precipitation and Streamflow Processes
34. Stochastic Forecasting of Precipitation and Streamflow Processes
35. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems Applications in Hydrology
36. Floods
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Section 3. Societal Impacts
37. Climate and Society
38. Household Food Security and Coping with Climatic Variability in Developing Countries
39. Drought in the U.S. Great Plains
40. Floods on the Mississippi River System of the United States
41. Drought in Northwest Africa
42. Hurricane as an Extreme Meteorological Event
43. El Niño in Australia
44. Biological and Societal Impacts of Climate Variability: An Example from Peruvian Fisheries
45. Drought in South Africa
46. Transboundary Fisheries: Pacific Salmon
47. Transboundary River Flow Changes
48. Lessons from the Rising Caspian
49. Acid Rain and Society
50. Impacts of Climate Change
51. Impacts of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
52. Tropical Deforestation and Climate
53. Desertification
54. Imaginable Surprise
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