Coupled Models for the Hydrological Cycle Integrating Atmosphere, Biosphere, and Pedosphere /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bronstert, Axel (Editor), Carrera, Jesus (Editor), Kabat, Pavel (Editor), Lütkemeier, Sabine (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrology.; Hydrogeology.; Atmospheric sciences.; Climate change.; Ecotoxicology.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Earth Sciences, general.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change.

Hydrologists, climatologists, soil scientists and environmental engineers are frequently asked to analyse complex environmental problems. It is becoming increasingly apparent that these problems usually involve feedbacks between atmospheric, ecological, and hydrological systems, as well as human soc...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Cycles, Feedbacks and Main Issues
• Global Cycles: Overview and Introduction
• The Nature of Land-Biosphere-Atmospheric Feedbacks in the Hydrological Cycle
• Scale Issues
• Multiple Equilibria
• 2. Systems Approach: The Nature of Coupled Models
• Introduction
• Fluxes, Compartments and Ordering of Feedbacks
• Non-Linearities
• Parameterization of Complex Hydrological Systems
• 3. Systematization of the Interactions between Hydrological and Related Cycles
• Introduction
• Coupled Processes and Interaction Matrix
• Coupling Aspects of Heat and Mass Transfer
• Feedbacks at the Hydro-Meteorological Interface
• 4. Case Studies
• Framework of the Case Studies
• 5. Summary and Outlook.