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The Earth's Hydrological Cycle

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Editors:
  1. Lennart Bengtsson

    1. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. R.-M. Bonnet

    1. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

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  3. M. Calisto

    1. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

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  4. G. Destouni

    1. Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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  5. R. Gurney

    1. University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

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  6. J. Johannessen

    1. Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway

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  7. Y. Kerr

    1. Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space, Toulouse, France

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  8. W.A. Lahoz

    1. Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway

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  9. M. Rast

    1. ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

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Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 46)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VI
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  2. Foreword: International Space Science Institute (ISSI) Workshop on the Earth’s Hydrological Cycle

    • Lennart Bengtsson
    Pages 485-488

  3. Review of Understanding of Earth’s Hydrological Cycle: Observations, Theory and Modelling

    • Michael Rast, Johnny Johannessen, Wolfram Mauser
    Pages 491-513

  4. Challenges and Opportunities in Water Cycle Research: WCRP Contributions

    • Kevin E. Trenberth, Ghassem R. Asrar
    Pages 515-532

  5. Physically Consistent Responses of the Global Atmospheric Hydrological Cycle in Models and Observations

    • Richard P. Allan, Chunlei Liu, Matthias Zahn, David A. Lavers, Evgenios Koukouvagias, Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo
    Pages 533-552

  6. Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in the Large-Scale Response of the Water Cycle

    • Gill M. Martin
    Pages 553-575

  7. Connecting Satellite Observations with Water Cycle Variables Through Land Data Assimilation: Examples Using the NASA GEOS-5 LDAS

    • Rolf H. Reichle, Gabriëlle J. M. De Lannoy, Barton A. Forman, Clara S. Draper, Qing Liu
    Pages 577-606

  8. Initialisation of Land Surface Variables for Numerical Weather Prediction

    • Patricia de Rosnay, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Clément Albergel, Joaquín Muñoz-Sabater, Lars Isaksen
    Pages 607-621

  9. Closing the Gaps in Our Knowledge of the Hydrological Cycle over Land: Conceptual Problems

    • William A. Lahoz, Gabriëlle J. M. De Lannoy
    Pages 623-660

  10. Toward Improved Estimation of the Dynamic Topography and Ocean Circulation in the High Latitude and Arctic Ocean: The Importance of GOCE

    • J. A. Johannessen, R. P. Raj, J. E. Ø. Nilsen, T. Pripp, P. Knudsen, F. Counillon et al.
    Pages 661-679

  11. Sea Surface Salinity Observations from Space with the SMOS Satellite: A New Means to Monitor the Marine Branch of the Water Cycle

    • Nicolas Reul, Severine Fournier, Jaqueline Boutin, Olga Hernandez, Christophe Maes, Bertrand Chapron et al.
    Pages 681-722

  12. Role of Ocean in the Variability of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

    • Porathur V. Joseph
    Pages 723-738

  13. Perspectives in Modelling Climate–Hydrology Interactions

    • Stefan Hagemann, Tanja Blome, Fahad Saeed, Tobias Stacke
    Pages 739-764

  14. Downscaling Satellite Precipitation with Emphasis on Extremes: A Variational ℓ1-Norm Regularization in the Derivative Domain

    • E. Foufoula-Georgiou, A. M. Ebtehaj, S. Q. Zhang, A. Y. Hou
    Pages 765-783

  15. Global Snow Mass Measurements and the Effect of Stratigraphic Detail on Inversion of Microwave Brightness Temperatures

    • Mark Richardson, Ian Davenport, Robert Gurney
    Pages 785-812

  16. Glaciers in the Earth’s Hydrological Cycle: Assessments of Glacier Mass and Runoff Changes on Global and Regional Scales

    • Valentina Radić, Regine Hock
    Pages 813-837

  17. Observing Global Surface Water Flood Dynamics

    • Paul D. Bates, Jefferey C. Neal, Douglas Alsdorf, Guy J.-P. Schumann
    Pages 839-852

  18. Arctic Climate and Water Change: Model and Observation Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation

    • Arvid Bring, Georgia Destouni
    Pages 853-877

  19. Irrigation Effects on Hydro-Climatic Change: Basin-Wise Water Balance-Constrained Quantification and Cross-Regional Comparison

    • Shilpa M. Asokan, Georgia Destouni
    Pages 879-895
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About this book

This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's Hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic. Water is a central component in the Earth's system. It is indispensable for life on Earth in its present form and influences virtually every aspect of our planet's life support system. On relatively short time scales, atmospheric water vapor interacts with the atmospheric circulation and is crucial in forming the Earth's climate zones. Water vapor is the most powerful of the greenhouse gases and serves to enhance the tropospheric temperature. The dominant part of available water on Earth resides in the oceans. Parts are locked up in the land ice on Greenland and Antarctica and a smaller part is estimated to exist as groundwater. If all the ice over the land and all the glaciers were to melt, the sea level would rise by some 80 m. In comparison, the total amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is small; it amounts to ~ 25 kg/m2, or the equivalent of 25 mm water for each column of air. Yet atmospheric water vapor is crucial for the Earth’s energy balance. The book gives an up to date presentation of the present knowledge.

Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 35, No. 3, 2014

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland

    Lennart Bengtsson, R.-M. Bonnet, M. Calisto

  • Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    G. Destouni

  • University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

    R. Gurney

  • Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway

    J. Johannessen

  • Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space, Toulouse, France

    Y. Kerr

  • Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway

    W.A. Lahoz

  • ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

    M. Rast

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Earth's Hydrological Cycle

  • Editors: Lennart Bengtsson, R.-M. Bonnet, M. Calisto, G. Destouni, R. Gurney, J. Johannessen, Y. Kerr, W.A. Lahoz, … M. Rast

  • Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8789-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8788-8Published: 17 June 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0694-8Published: 27 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8789-5Published: 02 May 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1385-7525

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 409

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 35, No. 3, 2014

  • Topics: Climate Change, Hydrology/Water Resources, Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography, Earth System Sciences

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