Southern Hemisphere Paleo- and Neoclimates

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • P. Smolka, W. Volkheimer

      Pages 1-3

3. Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

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   2. Neural Network Analysis of Time Series: Applications to Climatic Data

      • R. A. Calvo, H. D. Navone, H. A. Ceccatto

      Pages 7-16

   3. One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Flow in Complex Networks: State of the Art, Some Applications and Generalizations

      • Pablo M. Jacovkis

      Pages 17-25

   4. Dendroclimatology: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective

      • Ricardo Villalba

      Pages 27-57

   5. The Chemical History of the Atmosphere: Self-Organizing Processes and Biological Consequences

      • G. Beckmann, B. Klopries, H. Hämmerle, O. Inacker, P. Smolka

      Pages 59-90

   6. Magnetic Signatures of Pampean Soils, A Case Study

      • Paulina Nabel, Nikolai Petersen

      Pages 91-102

   7. Pole-Equator-Pole Paleoclimates of the Americas: PEP 1 A Review*

      • V. Markgraf

      Pages 103-123

4. Historical and Modern Climates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-126

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   2. Archival Evidence for some Aspects of Historical Climate Variability in Argentina and Bolivia During the 17th and 18th Centuries

      • M. R. Prieto, R. Herrera, P. Dussel

      Pages 127-142

   3. Recent Glacier Fluctuations in the Southern Andes

      • R. Llorens, J. C. Leiva

      Pages 143-149

   4. Palynological Data Indicating Glacier Growth and Environmental Conditions

      • Monica Cristina Wingenroth

      Pages 151-169

   5. A Hybrid Expert System for the Prediction of Extreme Meteorological Situations such as the Zonda Wind in the Cuyo Region, Western Argentina

      • F. Norte

      Pages 171-173

   6. Impact of ENSO Events on the Hydrological System of the Cordillera de los Andes during the last 450 Years

      • Rosa Hilda Compagnucci

      Pages 175-185

   7. Recent Precipitation Trends in Southern South America East of the Andes: An Indication of Climatic Variability

      • Vicente Barros, Maria Elizabeth Castañeda, Moira Doyle

      Pages 187-206

5. Quaternary Climates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. The Late Pleistocene in Amazonia: A Paleoclimatic Approach

      • Edgardo M. Latrubesse

      Pages 209-224

   3. Vegetation History and Climate Changes in Africa North and South of the Equator (10° S to 10° N) During the Last Glacial Maximum

      • Dieter Anhuf

      Pages 225-248

Climate models show that climate change is not a uniform process. Areas of increased temperature are situated near areas of decreased temperature, areas with increased precipitation adjoin areas of drought. This is one of the reasons why climate change is so difficult to detect. Any parameter must be considered and tested locally or regionally and not on an average globally. This book gives an overview of current research methods and results in the different fields of climate research including modelling. In addition, it contains a hemisphere-wide stratigraphic data base with about 80000 species. All paleoclimatic data as well as a state-of-the-art atmospheric circulation model in a PC version are included. So both research and graduate teaching are supported with high-end software running on affordable computers, also in those countries that have no access to Cray super computers. Thus, this book will be of interest to all researchers and scientists in the field of climatology.

• Atmospheric circulation
• Climatology
• Precipitation
• UNESCO
• climate change
• climate variability
• environment
• environmental protection
• temperature
• vegetation
• wind
• air pollution and air quality

• Geological Institue, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

  Peter Smolka

• Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, Instituto Argentino de Nivolgía, Mendoza, Argentina

  Wolfgang Volkheimer

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