Download or read book The Role of Water and the Hydrological Cycle in Global Change written by Howard R. Oliver and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is an extremely important factor in global environmental change. Water influences the processes causing change. The human and economic consequences of changes in the water system can be very significant. The aim of this NATO Advanced Study Institute was to present a state-of-the-art assessment of the role of water in global change, ranging from a consideration of atmospheric processes to the social and political impacts of changes in water resources. Many initiatives have recently been developed, such as international conferences and research programmes in particular themes, but there was still a need for information from these diverse activities to be brought together. One of the aims of the ASI was to encourage cross-fertilization between the various disciplines looking at water in the global system. This book contains the expanded written versions of the lectures presented during the AS! held in Italy in May/June 1994. It falls into two basic parts. The first twelve chapters cover the role of water in the climate system and climate modelling. Various areas of the water balance including global budgets, the effect of each element of the water balance on regional and global climates, and procedures used to model hydrological processes at all scales are discussed. Precipitation, ice, lake, groundwater, land surface and atmospheric considerations are included together with hydrological process linkage to climate models. Ocean effects were not covered as they were considered to be outside the scope of this particular AS!.
Download or read book G ographie du cycle de l eau written by Roger Lambert and published by Presses Univ. du Mirail. This book was released on 1996 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dans ce livre, nous étudions les phénomènes, mécanismes et processus hydrologiques continentaux les plus universels qui relèvent des lois de la nature, elles-mêmes universelles. Cela en cinq parties : 1) Le cycle de l'eau en tant que système hydrologique universel; 2) Le climat en tant que moteur du cycle, moteur à régime saisonnier plus ou moins aléatoire; 3) Le bassin-versant portion d'espace dans laquelle s'organise le déroulement de la phase continentale du cycle de l'eau, unité en tant que sous-système, mais unité complexe géographiquement, stable à l'échelle d'un cycle ou à court terme, variable à l'échelle historique; 4) L'écoulement, avec ses débits, réponse du bassin versant aux aléas météorologiques; et 5) Le régime d'écoulement, réponse du bassin aux données climatiques.
Download or read book Impacts of Global Change on the Hydrological Cycle in West and Northwest Africa written by Peter Speth and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In particular shortage of fresh water is expected to be the dominant water problem for West and Northwest Africa of the 21th century. In order to solve present and projected future problems concerning fresh water supply, a highly interdisciplinary approach is used in the book. Strategies are offered for a sustainable and future-oriented water management. Based on different scenarios, a range of management options is suggested with the aid of Information Systems and Spatial Decision Support Systems for two river catchments in Northwest and West Africa: the wadi Drâa in south-eastern Morocco and the Ouémé basin in Benin. The selected catchments are representative in the sense: "what can be learnt from these catchments for other similar catchments?
Download or read book The Earth s Hydrological Cycle written by L. Bengtsson and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's Hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic. Water is a central component in the Earth's system. It is indispensable for life on Earth in its present form and influences virtually every aspect of our planet's life support system. On relatively short time scales, atmospheric water vapor interacts with the atmospheric circulation and is crucial in forming the Earth's climate zones. Water vapor is the most powerful of the greenhouse gases and serves to enhance the tropospheric temperature. The dominant part of available water on Earth resides in the oceans. Parts are locked up in the land ice on Greenland and Antarctica and a smaller part is estimated to exist as groundwater. If all the ice over the land and all the glaciers were to melt, the sea level would rise by some 80 m. In comparison, the total amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is small; it amounts to ~ 25 kg/m2, or the equivalent of 25 mm water for each column of air. Yet atmospheric water vapor is crucial for the Earth’s energy balance. The book gives an up to date presentation of the present knowledge. Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 35, No. 3, 2014
Download or read book Climate and the Hydrological Cycle written by Marc F. P. Bierkens and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth overview of the role of the hydrological cycle within the climate system, including climate change impacts on hydrological reserves and fluxes, and the controls of terrestrial hydrology on regional and global climatology. Table of contents : 1. The Role of the Hydrological Cycle in the Climate System 2. Evaporation 3. Physics of Evaporation and Atmospheric Boundary Layers Over Land 4. Precipitation Physics and Rainfall Observation 5. Land Surface Hydrology 6. Land Surface Schemes and Climate Models 7. Arctic and Snow Hydrology 8. Dynamics of Glaciers, Ice Sheets and Global Sea Level 9. Feedback Mechanisms : Precipitation and Soil Moisture 10. Feedback Mechanisms : Land Use, Hydrology and Carbon 11. Palaeohydrology : An Introduction 12. Groundwater Palaeohydrology 13. Global Warming and the Acceleration of the Hydrological Cycle 14. Climate Change and Hydrological Impact Studies 15. Remote Sensing for Hydrological Studies
Download or read book How Long Is the Water Cycle written by Emily Hudd and published by Capstone Press. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uncovers just how long it takes for water to cycle around Earth. Learn fascinating facts about this process. Read this book to find out more about the science behind the cycle.
Download or read book Hydrologie written by André Musy and published by EPFL Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Water Cycle written by Kristina Lyn Heitkamp and published by Encyclopaedia Britannica. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water covers almost 75 percent of Earth's surface. People, plants, and animals all need water to live. Through accessible language and engaging images, readers will follow the flow of water through the water cycle. Using real-life examples, readers will identify water cycle steps such as evaporation from puddles and condensation found in clouds or fog. The text also shares opportunities to observe the powerful movement of water. Sidebars offer further information, such as questions that invite readers to consider water use in everyday life and the many human-related activities that affect the water cycle.
Download or read book The Water Cycle written by Trudi Strain Trueit and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2002 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the unique path a water molecule takes from the ground into the atmosphere via evaporation or other means, and back to the ground.
Download or read book Inside the Water Cycle written by William B. Rice and published by Teacher Created Materials. This book was released on 2007-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book is part of the Earth and Space Sciences Readers for students in Upper Primary School.The water cycle is an amazing cycle that goes through many stages. Learn about these stages and how they effect you everyday in this exciting read.Includes a lab activity at the end of the book Contents:Down Came The RainRoun and Round We GoEvaporation into the SkyCondensation and Cloud FormationCloud MovementPrecipitationWater on the EarthWater in OceansWonderful WaterAppen
Download or read book The Wonderful Water Cycle written by Kimberly M. Hutmacher and published by Britannica Digital Learning. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-quarters of our Earth is covered by water. This book explains how water travels in a never-ending pattern called the water cycle and how water is used--from bathing to irrigating crops--along with tips for conserving our most important natural resource.
Download or read book Hydrological Modelling and the Water Cycle written by Soroosh Sorooshian and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-07-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of a selected number of articles based on presentations at the 2005 L’Aquila (Italy) Summer School on the topic of “Hydrologic Modeling and Water Cycle: Coupling of the Atmosphere and Hydrological Models”. The p- mary focus of this volume is on hydrologic modeling and their data requirements, especially precipitation. As the eld of hydrologic modeling is experiencing rapid development and transition to application of distributed models, many challenges including overcoming the requirements of compatible observations of inputs and outputs must be addressed. A number of papers address the recent advances in the State-of-the-art distributed precipitation estimation from satellites. A number of articles address the issues related to the data merging and use of geo-statistical techniques for addressing data limitations at spatial resolutions to capture the h- erogeneity of physical processes. The participants at the School came from diverse backgrounds and the level of - terest and active involvement in the discussions clearly demonstrated the importance the scienti c community places on challenges related to the coupling of atmospheric and hydrologic models. Along with my colleagues Dr. Erika Coppola and Dr. Kuolin Hsu, co-directors of the School, we greatly appreciate the invited lectures and all the participants. The members of the local organizing committee, Drs Barbara Tomassetti; Marco Verdecchia and Guido Visconti were instrumental in the success of the school and their contributions, both scienti cally and organizationally are much appreciated.
Download or read book The Water Cycle written by Richard Spilsbury and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is only a certain amount of water on Earth at all times, and it's the same water that's been on Earth for millions of years. That's because of the water cycle. This book explains the major parts of the water cycle, including precipitation and how water is stored on Earth, through both clear, concise main text and colorful, helpful flow charts. Including key subjects to supplement the Earth science curriculum, the main text covers water power, the importance of water to life, and how water is recycled today.
Download or read book Urban Drainage written by J. B. Ellis and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03-15 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Drainage: A Multilingual Glossary has been written by research engineers and scientists with substantial experience in the urban drainage field. It provides definitive descriptions of urban drainage terms in English, French, Japanese and German, giving guidance on their appropriate usage and context. The glossary also contains many diagrams, tables and technical discussions, and is a very practical tool to facilitate international technical communication in the urban drainage field. Containing well over 850 commonly-used terms in urban drainage, all expressed in a user-friendly manner, the book serves as a valuable resource for both practitioner and academic. Topics covered include: urban hydrology/hydraulics sewerage surface water runoff pollution (groundwater and surface) receiving waters ecology ecotoxicology best management practices urban water resource management Urban Drainage: A Multilingual Glossary represents an initiative of the joint IWA/IAHR Committee on Urban Drainage and has arisen out of the long-standing terminological and tautological difficulties of many terms in common usage within international urban drainage practice. It will be of great use and interest to scientists, engineers and ecologists, professionals and students working in urban hydrology/hydraulics, urban water resource management and regulation, urban planning and ecology.
Download or read book Wild Water Cycle written by Rena Korb and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the water cycle in these easy-to-read books. The water cycle's processes of precipitation, evaporation, and water vapor are explained with simple text and matching illustrations. A science activity, fun facts section, glossary, and index aid students in learning about the wild water cycle happening around them. Special thanks to content consultant Raymond Hozalski Ph.D.
Download or read book Water Cycle at Work written by Rebecca Olien and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explains the stages of the water cycle and how the water cycle impacts the earth's water supply"--
