Precipitation Partitioning By Vegetation
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Precipitation Partitioning By Vegetation
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Author : John T. Van Stan, II
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-01
Precipitation Partitioning By Vegetation written by John T. Van Stan, II and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-01 with Science categories.
This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context. It describes the processes by which meteoric water comes into contact with the vegetation's canopy, typically the first surface contact of precipitation on land. It also discusses how precipitation partitioning by vegetation impacts the amount, patterning, and chemistry of water reaching the surface, as well as the amount and timing of evaporative return to the atmosphere. Although this process has been extensively studied, this is the first review of the global literature on the partitioning of precipitation by forests, shrubs, crops, grasslands and other less-studies plant types. The authors offer global contextualization combined with a detailed discussion of the impacts for the climate and terrestrial ecohydrological systems. As such, this comprehensive overview is a valuable reference tool for a wide range of specialists and students in the fields of geoscience and the environment.
Bark Water Interactions
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Author : Salli F. Dymond
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2022-01-18
Bark Water Interactions written by Salli F. Dymond and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-18 with Science categories.
Urban Climates
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Author : T. R. Oke
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-14
Urban Climates written by T. R. Oke and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-14 with Nature categories.
The first full synthesis of modern scientific and applied research on urban climates, suitable for students and researchers alike.
Hydrology And Its Discontents
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Author : John T. Van Stan II
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Hydrology And Its Discontents written by John T. Van Stan II and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Soil Water And Vegetation Responses To Precipitation And Changes In Depth To Ground Water In Owens Valley California
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Author : Stephen K. Sorenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Soil Water And Vegetation Responses To Precipitation And Changes In Depth To Ground Water In Owens Valley California written by Stephen K. Sorenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Plant-water relationships categories.
The Bark Side Of The Water Cycle
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Author : Salli Dymond
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2023-05-11
The Bark Side Of The Water Cycle written by Salli Dymond and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-11 with Science categories.
Woody plants are some of the tallest, largest, and longest-lived lifeforms on Earth. Their raw materials have literally framed and supported past human development, continues to do so today, and may aid humanity to combat and cope with future challenges, like climate change. All of the ecological and societal achievements of woody plants are due, in part, to a thin barrier between their internal and external worlds: bark. There is a lot of bark, too. Current estimates find that there is >40 million km2 of bark surface area, which is nearly as large as the entire Asian continent! Bark acts as both an environmental barrier (to pests and fire, for example) and an interface between woody plants and their environment. Even when bark is shed by a plant, or if a plant dies, bark persists and continues to act in the environment over years-to-decades. In forests where woody plants lose their leaves every season, bark, again, persists. Thus, bark has many opportunities to interact with the water cycle—from the top of live and dead tree canopies to the bottom of the forest floor. This Collection shines a light into this ‘bark side’ of the water cycle, examining several core concepts and new discoveries from the companion article collection in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. There are several reasons why the ‘bark side’ of the water cycle requires our attention. First, most precipitation over land falls over forests and must pass through their leaves, bark and litter to reach the surface. At the surface, freshwater resources are getting scarcer and their management is becoming more socio-politically and economically complex. Finally, climate change is altering the patterns and timing of precipitation supplies around the world; however, the land surface and climate models used to predict and adapt to climate change only superficially include bark’s roles in the water cycle. Therefore, it is possible that an increased curiosity and awareness of this veritable ‘bark continent’ and its importance for our planet’s water cycle can improve the appreciation and conservation of forest ecosystems and related water resources.
Changing Precipitation Regimes And Terrestrial Ecosystems
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Author : Jake F. Weltzin
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Changing Precipitation Regimes And Terrestrial Ecosystems written by Jake F. Weltzin and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Science categories.
By the beginning of the twenty-first century, few people could deny the reality of global change. But while most alarm has been over increasing temperatures, other changes are occurring in precipitation patternsÑvariations that may be due in part to global warming but also to factors such as changes in atmospheric circulation and land surfaces. This volume provides a central source of information about this newly emerging area of global change research. It presents ongoing investigations into the responses of plant communities and ecosystems to the experimental manipulation of precipitation in a variety of field settingsÑparticularly in the western and central United States, where precipitation is already scarce or variable. By exploring methods that can be used to predict responses of ecosystems to changes in precipitation regimes, it demonstrates new approaches to global change research and highlights the importance of precipitation regimes in structuring ecosystems. The contributors first document the importance of precipitation, soil characteristics, and soil moisture to plant life. They then focus on the roles of precipitation amount, seasonality, and frequency in shaping varied terrestrial ecosystems: desert, sagebrush steppe, oak savanna, tall- and mixed-grass prairie, and eastern deciduous forest. These case studies illustrate many complex, tightly woven, interactive relationships among precipitation, soils, and plantsÑrelationships that will dictate the responses of ecosystems to changes in precipitation regimes. The approaches utilized in these chapters include spatial comparisons of vegetation structure and function across different ecosytems; analyses of changes in plant architecture and physiology in response to temporal variation in precipitation; experiments to manipulate water availability; and modeling approaches that characterize the relationships between climate variables and vegetation types. All seek to assess vegetation responses to major shifts in climate that appear to be occurring at present and may become the norm in the future. As the first volume to discuss and document current and cutting-edge concepts and approaches to research into changing precipitation regimes and terrestrial ecosystems, this book shows the importance of developing reliable predictions of the precipitation changes that may occur with global warming. These studies clearly demonstrate that patterns of environmental variation and the nature of vegetation responses are complex phenomena that are only beginning to be understood, and that these experimental approaches are critical for our understanding of future change.
Water And The Rainforest In Malaysian Borneo
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Author : Ian Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-01-01
Water And The Rainforest In Malaysian Borneo written by Ian Douglas and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This volume synthesizes and analyzes thirty years of hydrological research in the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Ian Douglas explores the role of water in the rainforest ecosystem, setting out the ecological, climatological and geological context of present-day hydrological processes, soil erosion and stream sedimentation. He emphasizes the role of extreme events and natural disturbances in sediment supplies and the evolution of drainage pathways and explains the pathways of rainfall and stream sediment. Douglas then explores the impacts caused by logging, the extreme pulses of sedimentation and the effects of log removal and logging road construction, examining the effects of major storms in the 20 years after tree harvesting. Methods of minimizing logging damage to soils and streams are discussed and the effects on flora and fauns are considered.
Forest Hydrology And Biogeochemistry
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Author : Delphis F. Levia
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-06-15
Forest Hydrology And Biogeochemistry written by Delphis F. Levia and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-15 with Science categories.
This international rigorously peer-reviewed volume critically synthesizes current knowledge in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry. It is a one-stop comprehensive reference tool for researchers and practitioners in the fields of hydrology, biogeoscience, ecology, forestry, boundary-layer meteorology, and geography. Following an introductory chapter tracing the historical roots of the subject, the book is divided into the following main sections: · Sampling and Novel Approaches · Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry by Ecoregion and Forest Type · Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes from the Canopy to the Phreatic Surface · Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Fluxes in Forest Ecosystems: Effects of Time, Stressors, and Humans The volume concludes with a final chapter that reflects on the current state of knowledge and identifies some areas in need of further research.
Climate Change And Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
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Author : Gordon Bonan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-21
Climate Change And Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling written by Gordon Bonan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Mathematics categories.
Provides an essential introduction to modeling terrestrial ecosystems in Earth system models for graduate students and researchers.