Mountains witnesses of global changes : research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: share-Asia project.

From an environmental point of view, mountains are particularly sensitive and important for monitoring the state of health of our planet. Only through distribution of meteoclimatic and atmospheric composition monitoring points in mountain regions, coupled with modelling simulations, will we be able...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Baudo, R., Tartari, G. (Gianni), Vuillermoz, Elisa, Shroder, John F., 1939-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Elsevier Science, 2007.
Series:	Developments in earth surface processes ; 10.
Subjects:	Global environmental change. Climatic changes > Himalaya Mountains. Climatic changes > Karakoram Range. Himalaya Mountains > Environmental conditions. Karakoram Range > Environmental conditions. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction. Opening Remarks. Inaugural session. 1. Atmospheric brown clouds. 2. EV-K2-CNR in project ABC. 3. Share-Asia scientific fields: Atmospheric physics and chemistry and global change.4. Share-Asia scientific fields: Environmental indicators of global changes. 5. Share-Asia partners: Commitments to high altitude environmental monitoring in Asia. 6. Final conclusions. Analytical index.