Regional Environmental Changes in Siberia and Their Global Consequences

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Groisman, Pavel Ya (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gutman, Garik (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering,
• Θέματα: Environment.; Climate change.; Geobiology.; Remote sensing.; Ecosystems.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Biogeosciences.

This volume presents a state-of-the-art assessment of the Earth's climate system in Siberia and relationships between climate, ecosystems and people in that region. Changes in climatic variables and land cover in Siberia are among the earliest indicators of the Earth’s response to climate warmi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: Regional Features of Siberia
• 2. Development of Information-Computational Infrastructure for Environmental Research in Siberia as a Baseline Component of the Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI) Studies
• 3. Climate Changes in Siberia
• 4. Hydrological changes: Historical Analysis, Contemporary status and Future Projections
• 5. Effect of Climate Change on Siberian Infrastructure
• 6. Terrestrial Ecosystems and Their Change
• 7. Human Dimensions of Environmental Change in Siberia
• 8. Aspects of atmospheric pollution in Siberia
• 9. Summary and outstanding scientific challenges for research of environmental changes in Siberia
• Index.