LEADER 04635nam 22006854a 450 001 9910829874303321 005 20230617035806.0 010 $a1-280-27646-0 010 $a9786610276462 010 $a0-470-85824-9 010 $a0-470-85823-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000239304 035 $a(EBL)239064 035 $a(OCoLC)475950246 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000123358 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141255 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000123358 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10006854 035 $a(PQKB)11339805 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC239064 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000239304 100 $a20050224d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aClimate and hydrology in mountain areas$b[electronic resource] /$feditors, Carmen de Jong, David Collins, Roberto Ranzi 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cWiley$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-85814-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aClimate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas; Contents; List of contributors; List of symbols; Abbreviations; Introduction: Climate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas; 1 Alpine Climate Change and Cryospheric Responses: An Introduction; PART I SNOW AND ICE MELT; 2 Use of Positive Degree-Day Methods for Calculating Snow and Ice Melting and Discharge in Glacierized Basins in the Langtang Valley, Central Nepal; 3 Surface Energy Balance of High Altitude Glaciers in the Central Andes: The Effect of Snow Penitentes 327 $a4 Using Subgrid Parameterisation and a Forest Canopy Climate Model for Improving Forecasts of Snowmelt Runoff5 Assessment of Snow-covered Areas Using Air Temperatures During Melt in a Mountainous Basin; PART II SOIL WATER AND PERMAFROST; 6 Permafrost Monitoring in High Mountain Areas Using a Coupled Geophysical and Meteorological Approach; 7 Effects of Frozen Soil on the Groundwater Recharge in Alpine Areas; 8 Water Balance in Surface Soil: Analytical Solutions of Flow Equations and Measurements in the Alpine Toce Valley 327 $a9 Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Water Retention Relationships for Alpine Mountain SoilsPART III EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND WATER BALANCE; 10 Water Balance Modeling with Fuzzy Parameterizations: Application to an Alpine Catchment; 11 Water Relations of an Old-growth Douglas Fir Stand; 12 Comparison of Evapotranspiration and Condensation Measurements between the Giant Mountains and the Alps; 13 Climatologic and Hydrologic Coupling in the Ecology of Norwegian High Mountain Catchments; PART IV COUPLING METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY; 14 Runoff and Floods in the Alps: An Overview 327 $a15 The Use of Coupled Meteorological and Hydrological Models for Flash Flood Simulation16 Operational Weather Radar Assessment of Convective Precipitation as an Input to Flood Modelling in Mountainous Basins; 17 Geomorphological Zoning: An Improvement to Coupling Alpine Hydrology and Meteorology?; PART V CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT AND MOUNTAIN HYDROLOGY; 18 The Influence of Glacier Retreat on Water Yield from High Mountain Areas: Comparison of Alps and Central Asia; 19 Snowmelt Under Different Temperature Increase Scenarios in the Swiss Alps 327 $a20 Climate Variability, Water Resources, and Hydrologic Extremes - Modeling the Water and Energy BudgetsIndex 330 $aA comprehensive overview of interaction of the major hydrological and meteorological processes in mountain areas ie Cryosphere and Climatic Change, Snow Melt and Soil Water, Run-off and Floods, Water fluxes and Water Balance, Hydro-meteorological Coupling and Modelling. Each section will review recent research in the field and illustrate key interactions with case studies from mountainous regions in Europe, The Americas and Central Asia. 606 $aMountain climate 606 $aHydrologic cycle 606 $aClima de muntanya$2thub 606 $aCicle de l'aigua$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aMountain climate. 615 0$aHydrologic cycle. 615 7$aClima de muntanya 615 7$aCicle de l'aigua 676 $a551.432 676 $a551.69143 701 $aDe Jong$b Carmen$01678376 701 $aCollins$b David$g(David N.)$01340903 701 $aRanzi$b Roberto$0252347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829874303321 996 $aClimate and hydrology in mountain areas$94045979 997 $aUNINA