Precipitation

Earth Surface Responses and Processes

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Precipitation: Earth Surface Responses and Processes provides readers with a general and indispensable overview of processing rainfall processes through radar techniques, numerical models, geostatistical tools, photogrammetric methods, plots, indexes of connectivity or rainfall simulations. The handbook follows a clear and consistent format, and is structured as follows: Introduction (State-of-the-Art); Part 1. Rainfall and climate/atmosphere; Part 2. Models and applications; Part 3. Rainfall as a key actor playing the main role affecting different ecosystems. Part 3: Rainfall affecting the earth surface from different scales and landforms; Part 4: Rainfall and stormwater quality management in urban and rural areas.

Precipitation is a key factor needed for understanding landscape evolution and ecosystem services. Knowing the main precipitation composition, mechanisms and processes allows for efficient land management plans and ecosystem restoration activities. However, precipitation shows different responses under specific environments depending on the climate (from the arid to the polar areas), parent material, scale (from the raindrops to catchment scale), intensity, landscape morphologies (soil sealing, rills, gullies or rivers) or human activities (agriculture or urban areas). Precipitation: Earth Surface Responses and Processes bring this information together and provides indispensable material in a holistic manner for students, scientists and lecturers from different environmental disciplines such as climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, hydrology, soil science, geography, engineering, or ecology.

Includes observations on a range of earth surface processes, from climate to coastal marine ecosystems
Presents key case studies in each chapter, enhancing the applicability of each chapter
Introduces precipitation as a key factor to understand earth mechanisms and processes

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-08-25
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:930 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:588
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128226995

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Dr Jesús Rodrigo Comino is a PhD at the University of Málaga (Spain). He received his M.S. in land planning and GIS in 2013 from Granada and Málaga Universities. Since 2015, he has written two books related to soil geography, presented several oral conferences and posters in international meetings, and published more than 80 indexed peer-reviewed papers and 12 national articles about soil erosion, rainfall impacts and land degradation processes. He is a chief editor of Air, Soil and Water Research (SAGE), and works as associate editor in 2 academic journals. In addition, he is a reviewer for more than 80 international indexed journals. Currently, he is working on an INTERREG project about light pollution (Smart Light-HUB) at the Trier University (Germany) and COST-Action Firelinks (CA18135) as a grant holder at the University of Valencia (Spain).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Rainfall, the State-of-the-ArtPART 1: BASIC CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS CONSIDERING THE PRECIPITATION AS THE MAIN AGENT2. Precipitation, climate change and global circulation models3. Composition of rainwater4. Extreme rainfall events: Tropical storms, Monsoons and el Niño, and droughts5. Snow and related processes to high latitudes and mountainous areasPART 2: APPLICATIONS AND MODELS6. Traditional and modern precipitation monitoring opportunities7. Precipitation mapping and spatial analysis8. Understanding the water balance9. Responses of soil moisture to rainfall pulses and land preparation techniques10. Challenges to improve Precipitation-Hydrological experimental fieldwork11. From rainfall to sediment delivery and storagePART 3: EARTH SURFACE LANDSCAPES AND THE RAINFALL AS KEY FACTOR 12. On the relationship between precipitation and species distribution13. Rainfall as a vector-borne disease14. Effects of rainfall extreme events on coastal marine ecosystems15. Morphological response and associated processes to precipitation in volcanic areas16. Response of burned areas and associated ecosystems to rainfall events17. Geomorphological precipitation as a key element in the modelling of the landscapes18. Rainfall and river evolutionPART 4: RAINFALL AND SOIL EROSION19. Understanding the implication of raindrops and splash in soil erosion studies20. Rainfall Erosivity: Basic Theorems, Sensitivity to Intensity Measurements, and Modeling Applications21. Rainfall and associated extreme soil erosion processes mapping: rills, gullies and landslides22. Rainfall simulators for experimental researchPART 5: RAINFALL AND MANAGEMENT23. Rainfall-runoff-erosion processes in urban areas24. Rainfall, soil sealing and floods in urban and rural areas25. Stormwater quality, treatment and management