Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate |
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30 July 2004
Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate
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This book presents a state-of-the-art science overview of the influence of the terrestrial vegetation and soils within the Earth system. It deals especially with interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere via the hydrological cycle, and their interactions with anthropogenic activities. Measurements gathered in integrated field experiments in the Sahel, the Amazon, North America and South- East Asia confirm the importance of these interactions, but a substantial data consolidation effort needs still to be undertaken. Observations are complemented by modelling studies, including regional models that simulate flows and transport in river catchments, coupled land-cover and climate regional climate systems, and global Earth system and global circulation models. Water, nutrient and sediment fluxes in river basins are also discussed and are shown to be highly impacted and regulated by humans through land use, pollution, and river engineering. Finally, the book discusses environmental vulnerability and methodologies of assessing the risks associated with regional and global climatic and environmental variability and change. The editors emphasise that the results reported in this book are based on research work of many individual scientists and teams around the world, associated with the objectives of the IGBP-BAHC and WCRP-GEWEX international research programmes.
Published by Springer-Verlag (Berlin Heidelberg New York)
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More info:
Summary of the book: Summary
BAHC Website: Project website
International Geosphere-Biospher Programme: IGBP
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