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Radiation and Water in the Climate System

Remote Measurements

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Ehrhard Raschke

    1. Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, GKSS-Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht, Germany

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Part of the book series: Nato ASI Subseries I: (ASII, volume 45)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Some Background on Observations, Data Assimilation and Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Energy and Water Cycles in the Climate System: What can we measure from space?

      • Ehrhard Raschke
      Pages 3-29

    3. Observational Requirements for Modeling of Global and Regional Climate Change

      • Anthony D. Del Genio
      Pages 31-57

    4. Surface Fluxes of Momentum, Heat, and Water Vapor

      • John D. Albertson, Gerard Kiely, Marc B. Parlange
      Pages 59-82

    5. Introduction to Numerical Weather Prediction Data Assimilation

      • Phillipe Courtier
      Pages 83-96

    6. Priciples of Active and Passive Remote Measurements of Water in the Atmosphere and at Ground

      • Yves Fouquart, Michèle Vesperini
      Pages 97-127

    7. Extratropical Cyclones: Their Mesoscale Structure, Precipitation and Role in the Transport of Water

      • Ronald E. Stewart
      Pages 129-148

  3. Remote Sensing of Clouds, Radiation and Precipitation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Clouds and the Radiative Heating of the Earth Surface-Atmosphere System

      • Rolf Stuhlmann
      Pages 151-174

    3. Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Water Vapor

      • William B. Rossow
      Pages 175-191

    4. Properties of Clouds and Cloud Systems

      • William B. Rossow
      Pages 193-216

    5. Lidar Measurements: Atmospheric Constituents, Clouds, and Ground Reflectance

      • Claus Weitkamp
      Pages 217-247

    6. Retrieval of Precipitation from Satellites

      • C. Simmer
      Pages 249-276

    7. Precipitation at the Ground: Radar Techniques

      • Paul Joe
      Pages 277-321

    8. Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties Using Millimeter-Wave Radar

      • Eugene E. Clothiaux, T. P. Ackerman, David M. Babb
      Pages 323-366

  4. Properties and Processes at Ground

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 367-367
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    2. Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture

      • Simonetta Paloscia
      Pages 369-400

    3. Remote Sensing Parameterization of Meso-scale Land Surface Evaporation

      • W. G. M. Bastiaanssen, M. Menenti, A. J. Dolman, R. A. Feddes, H. Pelgrum
      Pages 401-429

    4. Satellite Remote Sensing of Evaporation over Sea

      • Peter Schlüssel
      Pages 431-461
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About this book

The search for an accurate knowledge of the transfer of energy and water in our climate system and of all participating processes is still a burning issue within environmental and climate research. More reliable ways should be found to model them in their complex interplay with cascades of processes in that system, and their impact on all our resources on earth. Such modelling needs also validation with accurate and complete observations which in turn should also enable to observe variations of climate components. These are the goals of the Global Energy and Water Experiment (GEWEX), which began its work about 8 years ago. Many advanced remote sensing capabilities have now been developed, of which only a few will enter into satellite based platforms. These new developments should be brought to the attention of a broader community of younger scientists, in particular of those countries which quite recently could open their borders for free exchanges.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, GKSS-Forschungszentrum, Geesthacht, Germany

    Ehrhard Raschke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Radiation and Water in the Climate System

  • Book Subtitle: Remote Measurements

  • Editors: Ehrhard Raschke

  • Series Title: Nato ASI Subseries I:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03289-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-61470-8Published: 17 September 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08261-0Published: 06 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03289-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7125

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 617

  • Number of Illustrations: 300 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography

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