Energy and water cycles in the climate system /
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 transport...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1993]
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| Series: | NATO ASI series. Global environmental change ;
vol. 5. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Energy and Water Cycles in the Climate System held at Glücksburg, Germany, September 30-October 11, 1991"--Title page verso. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 467 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783642769573 (electronic bk.) 3642769578 (electronic bk.) |