Ecological Climatology : Concepts and Applications.
Publisher: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2016Edition: Third editionDescription: xviii, 692 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781107043770
- 1107043778
- 9781107619050
- 110761905X
- 581.7/22 23
- QK754.5 .B66 2016
- 581.7
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- 1. Ecosystems and Climate -- Part I. The Earth System -- 2. Components of the Earth System -- 3. Global Cycles -- Part II. Global Physical Climatology -- 4. Atmospheric Radiation -- 5. Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate -- 6. Earth's Climates -- 7. Climate Variability -- 8. Climate Change -- Part III. Hydrometeorology -- 9. Soil Physics -- 10. Water Balance -- 11. Watershed Hydrology -- 12. Surface Energy Fluxes -- 13. Turbulent Fluxes -- 14. Soil Moisture and the Atmospheric Boundary Layer -- Part IV. Biometeorology -- 15. Leaf Temperature and Energy Fluxes -- 16. Leaf Photosynthesis and Stomatal Conductance -- 17. Plant Canopies -- Part V. Terrestrial Plant Ecology -- 18. Plant Strategies -- 19. Populations and Communities -- 20. Ecosystems -- 21. Soil Biogeochemistry.
This text examines ecological climatology - a framework to understand the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems in the climate system. It examines the physical, chemical & biological processes by which landscapes affect & are affected by climate.