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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

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Author:   L. Bengtsson ,  R.-M. Bonnet ,  M. Calisto ,  G. Destouni
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Volume:   46
Weight:   7.086kg
ISBN:  

9789402406948

ISBN 10:   9402406948
Pages:   409
Publication Date:   27 September 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Workshop on the Earth’s Hydrological Cycle L. Bengtsson GENERAL SCIENTIFIC OVERVIEW Review of Understanding of Earth’s Hydrological Cycle: Observations, Theory and Modelling M. Rast · J. Johannessen · W. Mauser Challenges and Opportunities in Water Cycle Research: WCRP Contributions K.E. Trenberth · G.R. Asrar ATMOSPHERE Physically Consistent Responses of the Global Atmospheric Hydrological Cycle in Models and Observations R.P. Allan · C. Liu · M. Zahn · D.A. Lavers · E. Koukouvagias · A. Bodas-Salcedo Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in the Large-Scale Response of the Water Cycle G.M. Martin LAND SURFACES Connecting Satellite Observations with Water Cycle Variables Through Land Data Assimilation: Examples Using the NASA GEOS-5 LDAS R.H. Reichle · G.J.M. De Lannoy · B.A. Forman · C.S. Draper · Q. Liu Initialisation of Land Surface Variables for Numerical Weather Prediction P. de Rosnay · G. Balsamo · C. Albergel · J. Muñoz-Sabater · L. Isaksen Closing the Gaps in Our Knowledge of the Hydrological Cycle over Land: Conceptual Problems W.A. Lahoz · G.J.M. De Lannoy OCEANS Toward Improved Estimation of the Dynamic Topography and Ocean Circulation in the High Latitude and Arctic Ocean: The Importance of GOCE J.A. Johannessen · R.P. Raj · J.E.Ø. Nilsen · T. Pripp · P. Knudsen · F. Counillon · D. Stammer · L. Bertino · O.B. Andersen · N. Serra · N. Koldunov Sea Surface Salinity Observations from Space with the SMOS Satellite: A New Means to Monitor the Marine Branch of the Water Cycle N. Reul · S. Fournier · J. Boutin · O. Hernandez · C. Maes · B. Chapron · G. Alory · Y. Quilfen · J. Tenerelli · S. Morisset · Y. Kerr · S. Mecklenburg · S. Delwart Role of Ocean in the Variability of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall P.V. Joseph METHODS AND PROCESS STUDIES Perspectives in Modelling Climate–Hydrology Interactions S. Hagemann · T. Blome · F. Saeed · T. Stacke Downscaling Satellite Precipitation with Emphasis on Extremes: A Variational _1-Norm Regularization in the Derivative Domain E. Foufoula-Georgiou · A.M. Ebtehaj · S.Q. Zhang · A.Y. Hou Global Snow Mass Measurements and the Effect of Stratigraphic Detail on Inversion of Microwave Brightness Temperatures M. Richardson · I. Davenport · R. Gurney Glaciers in the Earth’s Hydrological Cycle: Assessments of Glacier Mass and Runoff Changes on Global and Regional Scales V. Radic´ · R. Hock Observing Global Surface Water Flood Dynamics P.D. Bates · J.C. Neal · D. Alsdorf · G.J.-P. Schumann APPLICATIONS Arctic Climate and Water Change: Model and Observation Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation A. Bring · G. Destouni Irrigation Effects on Hydro-Climatic Change: Basin-Wise Water Balance-Constrained Quantification and Cross-Regional Comparison S.M. Asokan · G. Destouni

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