| Land Surface Processes in Hydrology: Trials and Tribulations of Modeling and Measuring Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Sorooshian, Soroosh (Editor), Gupta, Hoshin V. (Editor), Rodda, John C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642644589 ISBN-13: 9783642644580 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 363.706 |
| Series: NATO Asi Subseries I: |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.60 lbs) 497 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: General circulation models (GCMs) predict certain changes in the amounts and distribution of precipitation, but the conversion of these predictions of impacts on water resources presents novel problems in hydrologic modeling, particularly with regard to the scale of the processes involved. Therefore improved, distributed GCMs are required. New remote sensing technologies provide the necessary spatially distributed data. However, there are many attendant problems with the translation of remotely sensed signals into hydrologically relevant information. This book elucidates how to improve the representation of land surface hydrologic processes in GCMs and in regional and global scale climate studies. It is divided into five sections: Models and Data; Precipitation; Soil Moisture; Evapotranspiration; Runoff. |