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Drought : past problems and future scenarios / / Justin Sheffield and Eric F. Wood
| Drought : past problems and future scenarios / / Justin Sheffield and Eric F. Wood |
| Autore | Sheffield Justin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/929 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WoodEric F |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - United States
Drought relief - United States Water quality management Water-supply - Management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-71259-8
1-84977-525-7 1-136-54041-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Drought: Past Problems and Future Scenarios; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables, Boxes and Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Drought Today; Drought and Global Change; The Motivation for this Book; An Overview of the Book; Chapter 2. What is Drought?; The Hazard of Drought; Defining Drought; Chapter 3. The Science of Drought; Introduction; The Hydrological Cycle; Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Hydrology; What Causes Drought?; Summary; Chapter 4. Quantifying Drought; Introduction; Drought Data; Monitoring Drought from Space; Modelling Drought
Palaeoclimate Data: Reconstructing Drought over MillenniaQuantifying Drought: Characteristics and Indices; Summary; Chapter 5. Palaeo-drought: The Occurrence of Drought over Past Millennia; Introduction; Climate of the Holocene; Drought in the Holocene; The Last 2000 Years; The Last 1000 Years; Drought in Recent Centuries; Global Mechanisms and Connections; Summary; Chapter 6. Drought in the 20th Century; Introduction; Climate of the 20th Century; The Global Extent of 20th-Century Drought; Characteristics of Global Drought; Regional Drought over the 20th Century Global Variability in Soil Moisture and Links with Large-Scale Climate VariabilityGlobal Variability in Drought and Links with Large-Scale Climate Variability; Summary; Chapter 7. Major Drought Events of the 20th Century; Introduction; North America; South America; Europe; Africa; Asia; Oceania; The Most Severe Droughts of the 20th Century; Chapter 8. Drought in the 21st Century; Introduction; Mechanisms of Changes in Drought; Climate Models, Emission Scenarios and Future Projections; Drought Estimation; Projected Future Changes in Drought; Potential Impacts of Future Drought Chapter 9. Summary and RecommendationsConclusions; Index; Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462502603321 |
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Drought : past problems and future scenarios / / Justin Sheffield and Eric F. Wood
| Drought : past problems and future scenarios / / Justin Sheffield and Eric F. Wood |
| Autore | Sheffield Justin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.34/929 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WoodEric F |
| Soggetto topico |
Droughts - United States
Drought relief - United States Water quality management Water-supply - Management |
| ISBN |
1-136-54040-7
1-283-71259-8 1-84977-525-7 1-136-54041-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Drought: Past Problems and Future Scenarios; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables, Boxes and Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Drought Today; Drought and Global Change; The Motivation for this Book; An Overview of the Book; Chapter 2. What is Drought?; The Hazard of Drought; Defining Drought; Chapter 3. The Science of Drought; Introduction; The Hydrological Cycle; Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Hydrology; What Causes Drought?; Summary; Chapter 4. Quantifying Drought; Introduction; Drought Data; Monitoring Drought from Space; Modelling Drought
Palaeoclimate Data: Reconstructing Drought over MillenniaQuantifying Drought: Characteristics and Indices; Summary; Chapter 5. Palaeo-drought: The Occurrence of Drought over Past Millennia; Introduction; Climate of the Holocene; Drought in the Holocene; The Last 2000 Years; The Last 1000 Years; Drought in Recent Centuries; Global Mechanisms and Connections; Summary; Chapter 6. Drought in the 20th Century; Introduction; Climate of the 20th Century; The Global Extent of 20th-Century Drought; Characteristics of Global Drought; Regional Drought over the 20th Century Global Variability in Soil Moisture and Links with Large-Scale Climate VariabilityGlobal Variability in Drought and Links with Large-Scale Climate Variability; Summary; Chapter 7. Major Drought Events of the 20th Century; Introduction; North America; South America; Europe; Africa; Asia; Oceania; The Most Severe Droughts of the 20th Century; Chapter 8. Drought in the 21st Century; Introduction; Mechanisms of Changes in Drought; Climate Models, Emission Scenarios and Future Projections; Drought Estimation; Projected Future Changes in Drought; Potential Impacts of Future Drought Chapter 9. Summary and RecommendationsConclusions; Index; Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785718803321 |
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Sheffield Justin
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| London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Regional climate processes and projections for North America : CMIP3/CMIP5 differences, attribution and outstanding issues / / Climate Program Office ; report team authors: Justin Sheffield, [and 40 others]
| Regional climate processes and projections for North America : CMIP3/CMIP5 differences, attribution and outstanding issues / / Climate Program Office ; report team authors: Justin Sheffield, [and 40 others] |
| Autore | Sheffield Justin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Silver Spring, Md. : , : U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Climate Program Office, Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections Program, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (47 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Collana | NOAA technical report OAR CPO |
| Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Research - United States
Climatic changes - North America - Mathematical models Ocean-atmosphere interaction - North America - Mathematical models Marine meteorology - North America - Mathematical models Climatic changes - North America - Forecasting - Mathematical models Climatic changes - North America Climatic changes - Forecasting Climatology - Research - United States Climatic changes Climatic changes - Mathematical models Climatic changes - Research Climatology - Research Marine meteorology - Mathematical models Ocean-atmosphere interaction - Mathematical models |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Regional climate processes and projections for North America |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711778103321 |