Regional Hydrological Response to Climate Change

✍ Scribed by J. A. A. Jones (auth.), J. A. A. Jones, Changming Liu, Ming-Ko Woo, Hsiang-Te Kung (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 427
• Series: The GeoJournal Library 38
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume arises from the work of the International Geographical Union Working Group on Regional Hydrological Response to Climate Change and Global Warming under the chairmanship of Professor Changming Liu (1992-96). The book consists mostly of peer-reviewed papers delivered at the Working Group's first three scientific meetings held in Washington, D.C. (1992), Lhasa, Tibet (1993) and Moscow (1995). These have been supplemented by a few additional chapters that have been specifically commissioned in order to give a well-rounded coverage of the global and scientific aspects of the topic. As editors, we have sought to balance state-of-the-art reviews of methodology and regional research with detailed studies of specific countries and river basins. In the spirit of the IGU, we have devoted particular effort to encouraging contributions from scientists in the non-English-speaking world. These chapters provide valuable evidence of recent climatic change and predictions of future hydrological impacts from parts of the world where little detailed work has been conducted hitherto. They provide much valuable information that is new and interesting to an international audience and is otherwise very difficult or impossible to acquire. It is hoped that the present volume will be not only a record of current achievements, but also a stimulus to further hydrological research as the detail and spatial resolution of Global Climate Models improves. One notable aspect that emerges from a number of the contributions is that many, though by no means all, recent hydrological trends are in line with global warming predictions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predicting the Hydrological Effects of Climate Change....Pages 1-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-23
An Introduction to Global Water Dynamics....Pages 25-38
Modelling the Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle....Pages 39-62
Trends in Historical Streamflow Records....Pages 63-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-71
Hydrology of Northern North America under Global Warming....Pages 73-86
Current Evidence on the Likely Impact of Global Warming on Hydrological Regimes in Europe....Pages 87-131
The Impact of Climatic Warming on Hydrological Regimes in China: An Overview....Pages 133-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-155
The Influence of Topography, Season and Circulation on Spatial Patterns of Daily Precipitation....Pages 157-172
Use of Artificial Neural Networks in Precipitation Forecasting....Pages 173-179
Generation of Sequences of Air Temperature and Precipitation for Estimation of the Hydrological Cycle in Changing Climatic Conditions in Poland....Pages 181-196
Some Aspects of Climatic Fluctuation at Four Stations on the Tibetan Plateau During the Last 40 Years....Pages 197-211
The Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the EL Niño/Southern Oscillation and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on Winter Precipitation in Ireland....Pages 213-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-239
Runoff Formation and Discharge Modelling of a Glacierized Basin in the Tianshan Mountains....Pages 241-257
Impact of Future Climate Change on Glacier Runoff and the Possibilities for Artificially Increasing Melt Water Runoff in the Aral Sea Basin....Pages 259-267
Glaciers and Snowcover in Central Asia as Indicators of Climate Change in the Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere System....Pages 269-285
Global Warming and the Trend Toward Dryness in the Frigid High Mountains and Plateau of Western China....Pages 287-295
Front Matter....Pages 297-300
A Method to Assess the Effects of Climatic Warming on the Water Balance of Mountainous Regions....Pages 301-315
Sensitivity Analyses for the Impact of Global Warming on Water Resources in Wales....Pages 317-335
Potential Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in Australia....Pages 337-350
Dynamics of Stage Fluctuation in Yangzhouyongcuo Lake, Tibetan Plateau....Pages 351-361
Front Matter....Pages 297-300
Derivation of Surface Temperature, Albedo, and Radiative Fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau Based on Satellite Measurement....Pages 363-380
Climatic Warming and its Impact on the Water Resources of the Yalong River, China....Pages 381-387
The Probable Impact of Global Change on the Water Resources of Patagonia, Argentina....Pages 389-407
Long Term Trends in the Water Balance of Central Japan....Pages 409-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-417
The Impact of Global Warming on Regional Hydrology and Future Research Priorities....Pages 419-422
Back Matter....Pages 423-430

✦ Subjects

Hydrogeology; Meteorology/Climatology; Geography (general)