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Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation

Author : John T. Van Stan, II
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030297020
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation written by John T. Van Stan, II and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context. It describes the processes by which meteoric water comes into contact with the vegetation's canopy, typically the first surface contact of precipitation on land. It also discusses how precipitation partitioning by vegetation impacts the amount, patterning, and chemistry of water reaching the surface, as well as the amount and timing of evaporative return to the atmosphere. Although this process has been extensively studied, this is the first review of the global literature on the partitioning of precipitation by forests, shrubs, crops, grasslands and other less-studies plant types. The authors offer global contextualization combined with a detailed discussion of the impacts for the climate and terrestrial ecohydrological systems. As such, this comprehensive overview is a valuable reference tool for a wide range of specialists and students in the fields of geoscience and the environment.

Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry

Author : Delphis F. Levia
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400713630
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry by : Delphis F. Levia

Download or read book Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry written by Delphis F. Levia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This international rigorously peer-reviewed volume critically synthesizes current knowledge in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry. It is a one-stop comprehensive reference tool for researchers and practitioners in the fields of hydrology, biogeoscience, ecology, forestry, boundary-layer meteorology, and geography. Following an introductory chapter tracing the historical roots of the subject, the book is divided into the following main sections: · Sampling and Novel Approaches · Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry by Ecoregion and Forest Type · Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes from the Canopy to the Phreatic Surface · Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems: Effects of Time, Stressors, and Humans The volume concludes with a final chapter that reflects on the current state of knowledge and identifies some areas in need of further research.

Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests

Author : Ferran Roda
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364258618X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests by : Ferran Roda

Download or read book Ecology of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak Forests written by Ferran Roda and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Used by humans since ancient times, evergreen oak forests still cover extensive mountain areas of the Mediterranean Basin. These broadleaved evergreen forests occupy a transitional zone between the cool-temperate deciduous forest biome and the drier Mediterranean pine forests and shrublands. Slow growing and casting a deep shade, the sclerophyllous holm oak (Quercus ilex) absolutely dominates the closed canopy of many Mediterranean evergreen oak forests. This is a synthesis of 20 years of research on the structure, function, and dynamics of holm oak forests in two intensively studied experimental areas in Spain. By combining observational measurements at the leaf, tree, plot, and catchment scales with field experiments and modelling, the authors explore how these forests cope with strong water limitation and repeated disturbances.

Urban Climates

Author : T. R. Oke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108179363
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Urban Climates written by T. R. Oke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Climates is the first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates. The book begins with an outline of what constitutes an urban ecosystem. It develops a comprehensive terminology for the subject using scale and surface classification as key constructs. It explains the physical principles governing the creation of distinct urban climates, such as airflow around buildings, the heat island, precipitation modification and air pollution, and it then illustrates how this knowledge can be applied to moderate the undesirable consequences of urban development and help create more sustainable and resilient cities. With urban climate science now a fully-fledged field, this timely book fulfills the need to bring together the disparate parts of climate research on cities into a coherent framework. It is an ideal resource for students and researchers in fields such as climatology, urban hydrology, air quality, environmental engineering and urban design.

Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling

Author : Gordon Bonan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107043786
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Climate Change and Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling written by Gordon Bonan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an essential introduction to modeling terrestrial ecosystems in Earth system models for graduate students and researchers.

Bark-Water Interactions

Author : Salli F. Dymond
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889740773
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Bark-Water Interactions written by Salli F. Dymond and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of HydroInformatics

Author : Saeid Eslamian
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128219505
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of HydroInformatics written by Saeid Eslamian and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Machine Learning Techniques includes the theoretical foundations of modern machine learning, as well as advanced methods and frameworks used in modern machine learning. Handbook of HydroInformatics, Volume II: Advanced Machine Learning Techniques presents both the art of designing good learning algorithms, as well as the science of analyzing an algorithm's computational and statistical properties and performance guarantees. The global contributors cover theoretical foundational topics such as computational and statistical convergence rates, minimax estimation, and concentration of measure as well as advanced machine learning methods, such as nonparametric density estimation, nonparametric regression, and Bayesian estimation; additionally, advanced frameworks such as privacy, causality, and stochastic learning algorithms are also included. Lastly, the volume presents Cloud and Cluster Computing, Data Fusion Techniques, Empirical Orthogonal Functions and Teleconnection, Internet of Things, Kernel-Based Modeling, Large Eddy Simulation, Patter Recognition, Uncertainty-Based Resiliency Evaluation, and Volume-Based Inverse Mode. This is an interdisciplinary book, and the audience includes postgraduates and early-career researchers interested in: Computer Science, Mathematical Science, Applied Science, Earth and Geoscience, Geography, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Water Science, Atmospheric Science, Social Science, Environment Science, Natural Resources, Chemical Engineering. Key insights from 24 contributors in the fields of data management research, climate change and resilience, insufficient data problem, etc. Offers applied examples and case studies in each chapter, providing the reader with real world scenarios for comparison. Defines both the designing of good learning algorithms, as well as the science of analyzing an algorithm's computational and statistical properties and performance guarantees.

Forests for Public Health

Author : Christos Gallis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527557901
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Forests for Public Health written by Christos Gallis and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests have diverse values and functions that produce not only material products, but also non-material services. The health functions provided by forests have been used for a very long time, but they have only been emphasized in many fields of society in recent years. The rapid increase in urbanization and the problems of stress, sedentary occupations, and hazardous urban environmental conditions due to modern life may be factors that place great demand on forests’ health functions. Scientific research has shown that there are various psychological and physiological human health benefits of exposure to forests, parks, and green spaces. This collection of papers highlights up-to-date findings and evidence to reveal the beneficial effects of forests on human and public health. The findings provided here can be implemented in practice and policy using forests and nature for human and public health.

Forest Hydrology

Author : Devendra Amatya
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780646607
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Forest Hydrology written by Devendra Amatya and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests cover approximately 26% of the world's land surface area and represent a distinct biotic community. They interact with water and soil in a variety of ways, providing canopy surfaces which trap precipitation and allow evaporation back into the atmosphere, thus regulating how much water reaches the forest floor as through fall, as well as pull water from the soil for transpiration. The discipline "forest hydrology" has been developed throughout the 20th century. During that time human intervention in natural landscapes has increased, and land use and management practices have intensified. The book will be useful for graduate students, professionals, land managers, practitioners, and researchers with a good understanding of the basic principles of hydrology and hydrologic processes.

Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030915441
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Water and the Rainforest in Malaysian Borneo written by Ian Douglas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ian Douglas explores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.

Only in Africa

Author : Norman Owen-Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108832598
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Only in Africa written by Norman Owen-Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how Africa's physical features, savannas and abundant grazers enabled frugivorous apes to become savanna-living hunters.

The bark side of the water cycle

Author : Salli Dymond
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832518338
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book The bark side of the water cycle written by Salli Dymond and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-05-11 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woody plants are some of the tallest, largest, and longest-lived lifeforms on Earth. Their raw materials have literally framed and supported past human development, continues to do so today, and may aid humanity to combat and cope with future challenges, like climate change. All of the ecological and societal achievements of woody plants are due, in part, to a thin barrier between their internal and external worlds: bark. There is a lot of bark, too. Current estimates find that there is >40 million km2 of bark surface area, which is nearly as large as the entire Asian continent! Bark acts as both an environmental barrier (to pests and fire, for example) and an interface between woody plants and their environment. Even when bark is shed by a plant, or if a plant dies, bark persists and continues to act in the environment over years-to-decades. In forests where woody plants lose their leaves every season, bark, again, persists. Thus, bark has many opportunities to interact with the water cycle—from the top of live and dead tree canopies to the bottom of the forest floor. This Collection shines a light into this ‘bark side’ of the water cycle, examining several core concepts and new discoveries from the companion article collection in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. There are several reasons why the ‘bark side’ of the water cycle requires our attention. First, most precipitation over land falls over forests and must pass through their leaves, bark and litter to reach the surface. At the surface, freshwater resources are getting scarcer and their management is becoming more socio-politically and economically complex. Finally, climate change is altering the patterns and timing of precipitation supplies around the world; however, the land surface and climate models used to predict and adapt to climate change only superficially include bark’s roles in the water cycle. Therefore, it is possible that an increased curiosity and awareness of this veritable ‘bark continent’ and its importance for our planet’s water cycle can improve the appreciation and conservation of forest ecosystems and related water resources.

Engineering and Ecosystems

Author : Bhavik R. Bakshi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031356926
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Engineering and Ecosystems written by Bhavik R. Bakshi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demonstrates how the inclusion of nature in engineering decisions results in innovative solutions that are economically feasible, ecologically viable, and socially desirable. It advances progress toward nature-positive decisions by protection and restoration of ecosystems and respect for ecological boundaries. The topic of this book is an active area of academic research, and leading companies are including goals associated with ecosystem services in their sustainability plans. This book is the first collection of methods and applications that explicitly include the role of nature in supporting engineering activities and describes the role that ecosystems play in supporting technology and industry. It describes approaches, models, applications, and challenges for innovation and sustainability that will be useful to students and practitioners.

Hydrology and Its Discontents

Author : John T. Van Stan II
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031497686
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Hydrology and Its Discontents written by John T. Van Stan II and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems

Author : Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521036740
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (367 download)

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Book Synopsis Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems by : Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe

Download or read book Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems written by Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-02-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the connections between the hydrologic cycle and plant ecosystems, the authors build suitable mathematical models and apply them to studying the ecosystem structure. Response to rainfall and climate forcing is analyzed from different areas of the world, including savannas, grasslands and forests. The book will appeal to advanced students and researchers in environmental science, hydrology, ecology, earth science, civil and environmental engineering, agriculture, and atmospheric science.

Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America

Author : Aline Chiabai
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317961498
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Book Synopsis Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America by : Aline Chiabai

Download or read book Climate Change Impacts on Tropical Forests in Central America written by Aline Chiabai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The loss of biodiversity is a major environmental problem in nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. This loss is accelerating driven by climate change, as well as by other causes including agricultural exploitation, fragmentation and degradation triggered by land use changes. The crucial issue under debate is the impact on the welfare of current and future population, and the role of humans in the exploitation of natural resources. This is of particular importance in Central America, which it is amongst the richest and most threatened biodiversity regions on the Earth, and where the loss of ecosystems strongly affects its socio-economic vulnerability. This book addresses the impacts of climate and land-use change on tropical forest ecosystems in this important region, and assesses the expected economic costs if no policy action is taken, under different future scenarios and for different geographical scales. This innovative collection utilises both theoretical approaches and empirical results to provide a conceptual framework for an integrated analysis of climate and land-use change impacts on forest ecosystems and related economic effects, offering insight into the complex relationship between ecosystems and benefits to humans. This important contribution to forest ecosystems and climate change provides invaluable reading for students and scholars in the fields of environmental and ecological economics, environmental science and forestry, natural resource management, agriculture and climate change.

Atmospheric Rivers

Author : F. Martin Ralph
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030289060
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Atmospheric Rivers written by F. Martin Ralph and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the standard reference based on roughly 20 years of research on atmospheric rivers, emphasizing progress made on key research and applications questions and remaining knowledge gaps. The book presents the history of atmospheric-rivers research, the current state of scientific knowledge, tools, and policy-relevant (science-informed) problems that lend themselves to real-world application of the research—and how the topic fits into larger national and global contexts. This book is written by a global team of authors who have conducted and published the majority of critical research on atmospheric rivers over the past years. The book is intended to benefit practitioners in the fields of meteorology, hydrology and related disciplines, including students as well as senior researchers.