Energy and Water Cycles in the Climate System - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3540545905 ISBN 13 : 9783540545903

Editeur : Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1993

Synopsis

Water is the most effective agent in the climate system to modulate energy transfer by radiative processes, through its exchanges of latent heat and within cascades of chemical processes. It is the source of all life on earth, and once convective clouds are formed, it enables the vertical transport of momentum, heat and various atmospheric constituents. Water triggers very complex processes at the Earth's continental surfaces and within the oceans. Furthermore, water in its gaseous phase is the most important greenhouse gas. Numerical modelling and measurements of the state of the climate system are necessary for a thorough understanding of all these processes and their various interactions and forces. In 1988 the new programme GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) was established by the management of the World Climate Research Programme. This programme was specifically defined to determine the energy and water transport in the fast components of the climate system with the presently available means of modelling and measurement and to provide new possebilities for the future. This book describes all aspects of GEWEX.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Water is the most effective agent in the climate system to modelate energy transfer by radiative processes, through its exchanges of latent heat and within cascades of chemcal processes. It it the source of all life on earth, and once convective clouds are formed, it enables large vertical transports of mometum, heat and various atmospheric constituants. Water triggers very complex processes at the earth's continental surfaces and within the oceans. At least water in its gaseous phase is the most important greenhouse-gas. Numerical modelling and measurements of the state of the climate system needs a very thourough understanding of all these processes and their various interactions and forcings. Therefore the management of the World Climate Research Programme established the new programme GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment) in 1988, specifically defined to determine the energy and water transport in the fast components of the climate system with the modelling and measurement means presently available and to provide new capabilities for the future. This book describes all aspects of the GEWEX.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3540545905
• ISBN 13: 9783540545903
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 476
• Éditeur: Raschke Ehrhard, Jacob Daniela
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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