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Note: Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:2008

Note: Contents: Figures. - Tables. - Preface. - Illustrations. - 1. Introduction. - 1.1 Background. - 1.2 Scope of the text. - 1.3 World vegetation types. - 1.3.1 Vegetation formations and zones. - 1.3.2 Zonobiomes. - 1.3.3 Exoclimates. - 1.3.4 The Canadian vegetation classification system. - 1.3.5 Ecozones. - 1.3.6 Floristic realms. - 1.3.7 Plant species nomenclature. - 1.4 Soil classification and soil systems. - 1.5 Climatic parameters. - 1.5.1 The role of climate. - 1.5.2 Moisture indices. - 1.5.3 Climate diagrams. - 1.6 Plant strategies. - 1.6.1 Competition. - 1.6.2 Hydrature and moisture regulation. - 1.6.3 Life forms. - 1.6.4 Leaf morphology and adaptation. - 1.7 Biomass and net primary productivity. - 2. Tundra 2.1 Tundra distribution. - 2.2 Climate. - 2.3 Soils. - 2.4 Tundra in North America. - 2.4.1 Ecoclimatic sub-provinces and regions. - 2.4.2 High and mid-Arctic. - 2.4.3 Low Arctic. - 2.5 Tundra in other Northern Hemisphere locations. - 2.5.1 Arctic Tundra. - 2.5.2 Typical Tundra. - 2.5.3 Southern Tundra. - 2.5.4 Tundra on Arctic Islands. - 2.6 Tundea in the Southern Hemisphere. - 2.6.1 The Antarctic Subregion. - 2.6.2 The Sub-Antarctic Subregion. - 2.7 Alpine Tundra. - 2.7.1 Temperate-latitude alpine Tundra. - 2.7.2 Low-latitude (equatorial) alpine Tundra. - 2.8 Primary production and phytomass in Tundra. - 3. Forest-Tundra or Boreal-Tundra Ecotone. - 3.1 Definitions. - 3.2 Distribution. - 3.3 Climate. - 3.4 Soils. - 3.5 Forest-Tundra in Canada. - 3.5.1 Ecoclimatic sub-provinces. - 3.5.2 The shrub subzone (Northern Forest-Tundra). - 3.5.3 The forest subzone (Southern Forest Tundra). - 3.6 Eurasian Forest-Tundra. - 3.7 Primary production and phytomass in forest-Tundra. - 4. Boreal Forest (Taiga) and Mixed Forest Transition. - 4.1 Distribution. - 4.2 Climate. - 4.3 Soils. - 4.4 Boreal forest in North America. - 4.4.1 Open Lichen Woodland. - 4.4.2 Northern Coniferous Forest. - 4.4.3 Mixed-Forest (Boreal-Broadleaf ecotone). - 4.4.4 Mixed-Forest transition to grassland (Northern Mixedwoods). - 4.5 Eurasian Boreal. - 4.5.1 The European Boreal. - 4.5.2 The Siberian Boreal. - 4.5.3 Northwest Pacific Fringe Boreal. - 4.6 Primary production and phytomass in boreal forest. - 5. Prairie (Steppe). - 5.1 Distribution. - 5.2 Climate. - 5.2.1 North America. - 5.2.2 Climate in Eurasia and elsewhere. - 5.3 Soils. - 5.4 Prairie in North America. - 5.4.1 The Canadian Prairie. - 5.4.2 Prairie in the USA. - 5.5. Eurasian Steppe. - 5.6 Southern Hemisphere Grasslands. - 5.6.1 The High Veldt. - 5.6.2 The Pampas/Campos Grasslands. - 5.7 Primary production and biomass. - 6. Cordilleran Environments in Western North America. - 6.1 Canada's Cordilleran ecoclimatic provinces. - 6.1.1 Distribution. - 6.1.2 Climate. - 6.1.3 Soils. - 6.1.4 Pacific Coastal Mesothermal Forest. - 6.1.5 Pacific Coastal Subalpine Forest. - 6.1.6 Cordilleran Forest Region. - 6.1.7 Cordilleran Cold Steppe and Savanna Forst. - 6.1.8 Canadian Cordilleran Subalpine Forest. - 6.1.9 Alpine Tundra and Boreal Forest. - 6.2 The Cordilleran Region in the USA. - 6.2.1 Distribution. - 6.2.2 Northwest Coast Conifer-Hardwood Forests. - 6.2.3 Montane Pine Forests. - 6.2.4 Sagebrush and Grasslands. - 6.2.5 Interior Hemlock-Douglas-Fir-Larch. - 6.2.6 Subalpine Forest. - 6.3 Primary Production and Phytomass. - 7. Temperate Deciduous Forests. - 7.1 Distribution. - 7.2 Climate. - 7.3 Soils. - 7.4 Temperate Deciduous Forest in North America. - 7.4.1 Canada. - 7.4.2 United States of America. - 7.4.3 Southern Mexico and South America. - 7.5 Europe. - 7.5.1 Atlantic Deciduous Forest. - 7.5.2 Central European Deciduous Forest. - 7.5.3 East European Deciduous Forest. - 7.6 Asia. - 7.7 Southern Hemisphere. - 7.8 Primary Production and Phytomass. - 8. Wetlands. - 8.1 Introduction. - 8.2 Climate. - 8.3 Soils. - 8.4 Canadian Wetland Classification. - 8.4.1 Canadian Wetland Classification System. - 8.4.2 Wetland classes. - 8.4.3 Wetland forms and types. - 8.5 Canadian Wetlands. - 8.5.1 Arctic Wetlands. - 8.5.2 Subarctic Wetlands. - 8.5.3 Boreal Wetlands. - 8.5.4 Prairie Wetlands. - 8.5.5 Temperate Wetlands. - 8.5.6 Oceanic Wetlands. - 8.5.7 Mountain Wetlands. - 8.6 Wetlands in the USA. - 8.7 Eurasian Wetlands. - 8.7.1 European Wetlands. - 8.7.2 Asian Wetlands. - 8.8 Central and South American Wetlands. - 8.9 African Wetlands. - 8.10 Austromalesian and Pacific Wetlands. - 8.11 Phytomass and Primary Production. - 9. Conclusion. - Appendix: Biomials and their local names as used in the text. - Bibliography. - Index.

Note: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Foreword. - Conference summary. - EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE INVITED PAPERS. - ACSYS as a journey of discovery / K. Aagaard. - The hydroclimatology of north-flowing high latitude rivers / R. G. Lawford. - Atmospheric components of the hydrological cycle in the Arctic / R. G. Barry, M. C. Serreze and J. E. Walsh. - Hydrological studies in the Arctic zone of Russia / V. V. Ivanov and V. S. Vuglinsky. - On sensitivity of a simulated high-latitude atmosphere to sea-ice fluctuation and to parameterization of cloud optical properties / V. P. Meleshko, V. M. Kattsov and P. V. Sporyshev. - Characteristics of Arctic clouds and radiation (abstract only) / J. A . Curry. - Processes of air-sea interaction in polar regions / A. P. Makshtas, V. F . Timachev and A. S . Zachek. - The ACSYS Arctic Atmosphere Programme (abstract only) / H. Cattle. - Modeling interactions between shortwave radiation, pack ice and the upper ocean / G. A. Maykut. - Remote sensing of Arctic Sea ice / J. Askne. - Sea ice rheologies for use in climate models (abstract only) / W. D. Hibler III and C. F . Ip. - Problems of sea ice modelling for climate research / P. Lemke. - Climatic variability of the Arctic Ocean circulation connected with interannual variations of atmospheric processes / L. A. Timokhov. - Water modification on Arctic continental shelves: seasonal cycle and interannual variation / H. Melling. - Convective water mass and ice formation in Arctic shelf seas (numerical process studies) / J. O. Backhaus, H. Fohrmann, I. H. Harms, J. H. Jungclaus and A. Rubino. - Arctic Ocean water masses and circulation: An overview based on the 1991 expedition of IB ODEN / E . P. Jones. - EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE POSTER PAPERS. - SESSION 1 - HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE. - Characteristics of water and sediment discharge formation from small watersheds of the Arctic zone under the impact of technology / N. N. Bobrovitskaya, N. G. Vasilenko and K. M. Zubkova. - ECMWF and METEO-FRANCE GCM simulations of precipitation and surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet / C. Genthon. - River water inflow to the Arctic seas / V. V. Ivanov. - The initiation of ice sheet growth, Milankovitch solar radiation variations, and the 100 Kyr ice age cycle / T. S . Ledley and S. Chu. - Research results for evaporation from different landscapes in the Arctic zone / S. M. Novikov and S. A. Trofimov. - Interannual variability in precipitation minus evaporation over the Arctic, 1974-91 (abstract only) / M. C. Serreze, R. G. Barry, M. C. Rehder and J. E. Walsh. - Criogenic transformation of the surface- and subsurface inflows into the Arctic seas / B. L. Sokolov and M. L. Markov. - Hydrological cycle modelling for Arctic river basins / Yu. B. Vinogradov and T. A. Vinogradova. - Atmospheric water vapor convergence and river runoff in northern high latitudes / J. E. Walsh, D. Fortis and X. Zhou. - An investigation of the atmospheric effect on snowmelt in the Arctic and subarctic / T. Zhang, K. Stamnes and S.-A. Bowling. - A valuation of possible changes in glacio-hydrological characteristics under global warming: South-Eastern Alaska glaciation / N. V. Davidovich and M. D. Ananicheva. - SESSION 2 - ATMOSPHERE. - Modelling the atmospheric transportation of dust to the Arctic (abstract only) / K. K. Andersen. - Mechanisms of formation and predictability of the intermediate and high latitudes atmospheric blockings / R. V. Bekryaev. - A regional climate model of the Arctic atmosphere / M. Botzet, J. H. Christensen, E. Claudius, K. Dethloff, R. Lehmann, B. Machenhauer and A. Rinke. - Wintertime cold-air outbreaks from the Arctic ice / B. Brümmer. - International Arctic cloudiness-aerosol-radiation project (IACARP) (abstract only) / A. A. Chernikov, I. P. Mazin, I. I. Mokhov and A. I. Voskresensky. - The importance of the low level inversions upon the Arctic weather and climate / K. Wilhelmsen. - On the impact of sub-grid scale sea-ice distribution on atmospheric climate and air-sea fluxes / A. Grotzner, R. Sausen and M. Claussen. - Interaction of the modern climatic changes of atmosphere, ocean and ice cover in the Arctic / Z. M. Gudkovich, V. F. Zakharov, E. O. Aksenov and S. P. Pozdnyshev. - Airborne measurements of turbulent transfer of momentum and heat related to floe field structure in the Fram Strait / J. Hartmann, E. Augstein and C. Kottmeier. - Heat and water budgets over the northern polar region as estimated from 14 atmospheric general circulation models / V. M. Kattsov, T. V. Pavlova and V. A. Govorkova. - On the variability of surface heat fluxes at high latitudes / G. W. K. Moore. - Temperature inversions in Arctic atmosphere / A. P. Nagurny, G. V. Alekseev and E. V. Rozanov. - Physical and optical/radiative properties of Arctic aerosols: potential effects on Arctic climate / R. F. Pueschel and S. A. Kinne. - Calculation of heat fluxes for Arctic regions dependent on sea ice distribution / C. Lüpkes, K. H. Schlünzen, G. Birnbaum and K. Salzen. - Carbon emission from the northern ecosystems and climatic changes (abstract only) / I. P. Semiletov, S. A. Zimov, Yu. V. Voropaev and S. P. Daviodov. - The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Programme North Slope of Alaska/Adjacent Arctic Ocean (NSA/AAO) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART): Science issues / K. Stamnes and B. O. Zak. - Dependence of surface albedo in the Arctic on surface characteristics, clouds and solar elevation / K. Stamnes, Z. Jin and B. O. Zak. - Use of advanced earth observing satellite to study radiation/cloud/climate interactions and ozone chemistry in the Arctic / K. Stamnes, V. V. Filyushkin and B. O. Zak. - Is it tropospheric sudden warming? (abstract only) / H. L. Tanaka and M. Hayasaki. - Methods for estimating the characteristics of the atmospheric boundary layer in polar regions / A. P. Makshtas and V. F. Timachev. - The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Programme North Slope of Alaska and Adjacent Arctic Ocean (NSA/AAO) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART): An overview / B. O. Zak and K. Stamnes. - SESSION 3 - SEA ICE. - Modelling convection in a melt pond / P. V. Bogorodsky. - An operational ice-ocean coupled model of the northern hemisphere / A. Cheng and R. H. Preller. - Patterns of monthly wind and ice motion in the Arctic Basin (abstract only) / R. Colony. - Wind-driven ice motion and surface ocean currents in the Arctic Basin (abstract only) / R. Colony. - Surface melt puddles on multi-year sea ice in the Eurasian Arctic / H. Eicken, R. Gradinger, B. Ivanov, A. Makshtas and R. Pác. - Sensitivity of a large-scale sea-ice-upper-ocean model to uncertainties in the atmospheric forcing / T. Fichefet and M. A. Morales Maqueda. - Parameterizing the strength of Arctic sea ice / G. M. Flato. - Russian historical material on sea ice as a part of global digital sea ice data bank / I. E. Frolov and V. M. Smolyanitsky. - A large-scale simulation of Arctic sea ice, 1986-1992 / M. Harder. - On coupling a dynamic-thermodynamic snow sea-ice model to a global climate model / D. M. Holland and J. M . Oberhuber. - A mesoscale simulation of the Arctic ice pack / M. A. Hopkins. - Seasonal evolution of sea ice cover and shelf water off Labrador simulated in a coupled ice-ocean model / M. Ikeda, T. Yao and Q. Yao. - A study on the relation between the sea-ice extent in the Arctic and runoff into the Arctic Ocean (abstract only) / R. Kanohgi, H. L. Tanaka and T. Yasunari. - Development of seasonal ice cover in the Beaufort Sea: A view from below (abstract only) / H. Melling. - Measurement, analysis and parameterization of melt pond albedo / M. P. Morassutti and E .F. LeDrew. - Characteristics of surface energy partitioning over snow-covered first-year sea ice in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago during the spring transition / T. N. Papakyriakou and E. F. LeDrew. - The interaction of solar radiation with summer sea ice / D. K. Perovich and W. B. Tucker III. - Relating Arctic pack ice stress and strain at the 10km scale / J. A. Richter-Men

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: Vorwort. - 1 Einführung. - 1.1 Vegetationskundliche Arbeitsverfahren. - 1.2 Entwicklung und Stand der vegetationskundlichen Forschung in Nordeuropa. - 1.3 Naturräumliche Abgrenzung und Ausstattung Nordeuropas. - 1.3.1 Meere. - 1.3.2 Geologie, Geomorphologie. - 1.3.2.1 Das Ausgangsgestein. - 1.3.2.2 Die quartären Vereisungen. - 1.3.2.3 Geomorphologische Ausgestaltung der Landschaft. - 1.3.2.4 Böden. - 1.3.3 Klima. - Literatur. - 2 Biogeographische Regionen. - 2.1 Vegetationszonen. - 2.2 Höhenstufen. - 2.3 Ozeanitätsgefälle. - Literatur. - 3 Die heutige Flora und ihre Herkunft - Überlegungen zur Überwinterungshypothese. - 3.1 Vereisungsrückgang in Fennoskandien und Rückwanderungsmöglichkeiten aus dem Süden. - 3.2 Zur Lage möglicher Refugialgebiete. - 3.3 Geologische Aspekte. - 3.4 Long Distance Dispersal?. - 3.5 Vegetationsentwicklung auf den Færøer. - 3.6 Die Entwicklung der isländischen Flora. - 3.7 Die Entwicklung der Flora Spitzbergens. - Literatur. - 4 Vorgeschichtliche und geschichtliche Entwicklung der Landnutzung. - Literatur. - 5 Wälder. - 5.1 Bestimmende Faktoren für Wald- und Baumgrenzen. - 5.1.1 Klimatische Waldgrenzen. - 5.1.2 Ökophysiologische Ursachen von Waldgrenzen. - 5.1.3 Phytophage Insekten. - 5.1.4 Anthropogene Waldgrenzendepressionen. - 5.2 Nacheiszeitliche Waldentwicklung. - 5.3 Adaptationen und Ökologie wichtiger waldbildender Gehölze. - 5.4 Lebensbedingungen in der Kraut- und Kryptogamenschicht. - 5.5 Waldgesellschaften. - 5.5.1 Birkenwälder. - 5.5.1.1 Der nordboreal-subalpine Birkenwald. - 5.5.1.2 Maritime Birkenwälder entlang der norwegischen Westküste. - 5.5.2 Der boreale Nadelwald (Kl. Vaccinio-Piceetea, Pulsatillo-Pinetea). - 5.5.2.1 Kiefern-beherrschte Wälder. - 5.5.2.2 Fichten-beherrschte Wälder. - 5.5.3 Laubwälder der temperaten und Laubmischwälder der hemiborealen Zone. - 5.5.3.1 Buchenwälder nährstoffreicher Böden. - 5.5.3.2 Buchen- und Eichen-beherrschte Wälder bodensaurer Standorte. - 5.5.3.3 Linden-Ahorn-Wälder. - 5.5.3.4 Erlen-Eschen-Ulmen-Wälder Grundwasser-naher Standorte. - 5.5.4 Weidenauen und Bruchwälder. - 5.5.4.1 Initiale Gehölzvegetation der Flußauen (Kl. Salicetea purpureae). - 5.5.4.2 Erlen- und Strauchweiden-Bruchwälder (Kl. Alnetea gentinosa). - 5.6 Ökosystemare Untersuchungen an Wäldern. - 5.7 Waldbau und Waldschäden. - 5.7.1 Neuartige Waldschäden. - 5.7.2. - Waldzerstörung infolge Überweidung und Erosion. - 5.8 Waldreservate und Naturschutz. - Literatur. - 6 Gewässer-und Ufervegetation. - 6.1 Seentypen und ihre Entwicklung. - 6.2 Quellen und Fließgewässer. - 6.3 Kleingewässer. - 6.4 Adaptationen und Autökologie von Wasser- und Uferpflanzen. - 6.5 Standörtliche Gliederung. - 6.6 Vegetation der Binnengewässer und ihrer Ufer. - 6.6.1 Pleustophytengemeinschaften, Wasserlinsen-Decken (Kl. Lemnetea minoris). - 6.6.2 Characeen-Grundrasen (Kl. Charetea fragilis). - 6.6.3 Laichkraut-Gesellschaften (KI. Potamogetonetea pectinati). - 6.6.4 Strandling-Gesellschaften (Kl. Littorelletea uniflorae). - 6.6.5 Wasserschlauch-Gesellschaften (Kl. Utricularietea intermediominoris). - 6.6.6 Zwergbinsen-Gemeinschaften auf zeitweilig trockenfallenden Uferstreifen (Kl. Isoeto-Nanojuncetea). - 6.6.7 Nitrophytische Spülsaumgesellschaften an Ufern von Binnengewässern (Kl. Bidentetea tripartiti). - 6.6.8 Quellflur-Gesellschaften (KI. Montio-Cardaminetea amarae). - 6.6.9 Röhrichte und Großseggen-Rieder (KI. Phragmiti-Magnocaricetea). - 6.7 Biozönologische und Ökosystemare Aspekte. - 6.7.1 Kohlenstoff- und Nährstoffdynamik. - 6.7.2 Kennzeichnung von Seentypen nach Makrophyten-Vegetationskomplexen. - 6.8 Nutzung, Gefahrdung und Schutz. - 6.8.1 Versauerung. - 6.8.2 Eutrophierung. - 6.8.3 Talsperren zur Energiegewinnung. - 6.8.4 Seensanierungen. - 6.8.5 Gewässermakrophyten als Biofilter. - Literatur. - 7 Moore. - 7.1 Moorbildung. - 7.1.1 Allgemeine Prozesse einer autogenen Moorbildung. - 7.1.2 Produktion und Zersetzung von Torfen. - 7.2 Klassifikation von Mooren. - 7.2.1 Hydrologisch-entwicklungsgeschichtliche Moortypen. - 7.2.2 Moortypen in Skandinavien. - 7.3 Paläoökologie und Entwicklung skandinavischer Moore. - 7.3.1 Entwicklung der Moorsysteme. - 7.3.2 Ausformung der Oberflächenstrukturen. - 7.4 Wesentliche Standortfaktoren. - 7.4.1 Wasserhaushalt. - 7.4.1.1 Einnischung von Moosen auf Wasserstufen. - 7.4.1.2 Der Wurzelraum der Gefäßpflanzen. - 7.4.2 Nährstoffversorgung und Azidität. - 7.4.3 Mikroklima. - 7.4.4 Abbauprozesse. - 7.4.5 Biotische Faktoren. - 7.5 Vegetation der Moore. - 7.5.1 Synusien, Assoziationen, Gesellschaftskomplexe - ein Überblick . - 7.5.2 Sauergras-beherrschte Moor-Gesellschaften (Kl. Scheuchzerio - Cariccteanigrae). - 7.5.3 Zwergstraueh-beherrschte Gesellschaften mäßig nasser, saurer Moorstandorte (Kl. Oxycocco-Sphagnetea). - 7.6 Vegetationskomplexe der Moore. - 7.7 Moore als Ökosysteme. - 7.8 Nutzung, Gefährdung, Schutz. - 7.9 Moorrestitution. - Literatur. - 8 Küstenvegetation. - 8.1 Küstenformen und ihre Genese. - 8.1.1 Salzrasen. - 8.1.2 Dünen. - 8.2 Adaptationen der bezeichnenden Arten und standörtliche Gliederung. - 8.2.1 Spülsäume und Dünen. - 8.2.2 Salzrasen. - 8.2.2.1 Überflutungshäufigkeit und -dauer. - 8.2.2.2 Salinität. - 8.2.2.3 Zur Dynamik von Salzmarschen: Akkumulation und Erosion. - 8.2.2.4 Beweidung. - 8.2.2.5 Nährstoffdynamik und Produktivität. - 8.3 Küstenvegetation im Landhebungsbereich des Bottnischen Meerbusens. - 8.4 Vegetationsgliederung. - 8.4.1 Seegras-Rasen (KI. Zosteretea). - 8.4.2 Queller-Fluren (Kl. Thero-Salicornietea). - 8.4.3 Schlickgras-Bestände (Kl. Spartinetea). - 8.4.4 Meersenf-Spülsaumgesellschaften (Kl. Cakiletea maritimae) . - 8.4.5 Strandhafer-Dünengesellschaften (KI. Ammophiletea arenariae). - 8.4.6 Strandroggen-Gesellschaften (Kl. Honckenyo-Elymetea arenariae). - 8.4.7 Salzrasen-Gesellschaften (Kl. Juncetea maritimi) . - 8.4.8 Vegetation der Felsküsten. - 8.5 Nutzung und Naturschutz. - Literatur. - 9 Vegetation der alpinen Stufe und der Arktis. - 9.1 Adaptationen und Autökologie bezeichnender Arten der alpinen und arktischen Flora. - 9.2 Vegetationsbestimmende Standortfaktoren. - 9.2.1 Wirkung des Windes und Schneeschutz. - 9.2.2 Strahlung und Temperaturen. - 9.2.3 Frostwechsel . - 9.2.4 Nährstoffverfügbarkeit. - 9.2.5 Wasserhaushalt. - 9.3 Vegetation alpiner und arktischer Lebenräume. - 9.3.1 Felsspalten-Vegetation (Kl. Asplenietea trichomanis). - 9.3.2 Schuttflur-Gesellschaften (Kl. Thlaspietea rotundifolii). - 9.3.3 Pioniervegetation auf feinerde- und humusarmen Rohböden (V. Veronico-Poion glaucae). - 9.3.4 Azidophytische alpine Windheiden und Silikatrasen. - 9.3.4.1 Flechtenreiche Alpenazaleen Windheiden (Kl. Loiseleurio-Vaccinietea). - 9.3.4.2 Chionophile alpine Heiden (V. Phyllodoco-Vaccinion). - 9.3.4.3 Borstgrasrasen der alpinen Stufe (V. Nardo-Caricion bigelowii). - 9.3.5 Zwergstrauchheiden und Rasen auf basenreicheren Böden (Kl. Carici rupestris-Kobresietea). - 9.3.6 Schneeboden-Vegetation (Kl. Salicetea herbaceae). - 9.3.7 Quellfluren der alpinen Stufe und der Arktis (Kl. Montio-Cardaminetea). - 9.3.8 Boreo-alpine und arktische Moore (Kl. Scheuchzerio-Caricetea nigrae). - 9.3.9 Subalpine und alpine Hochstaudenfluren (Kl. Betulo-Adenostyletea). - 9.4 Ökosystemare Untersuchungen. - 9.5 Nutzung und Naturschutz. - Literatur. - 10 Schwach kulturbeeinflußte Lebensräume der Kulturlandschaft. - 10.1 Xerothermvegetation. - 10.1.1 Vegetation der Felsen und Schuttfluren außerhalb der alpinen Stufe (Kl. Asplenietea trichomanis und Thlaspietea rotundifolii). - 10.1.2 Felsband-Gesellschaften (O. Sedo-Scleranthetalia). - 10.1.3 Sandtrockenrasen (KI. Koelerio-Corynephoretea, O. Corynephoretalia). - 10.1.4 Halb- und Volltrockenrasen (Kl. Festuco-Brometea). - 10.1.5 Trockensäume (Kl. Trifolio-Geranietea). - 10.2 Zwergstrauchheiden und Magerrasen außerhalb der alpinen Stufe (Kl. Calluno-Ulicetea). - 10.3 Waldnahe Staudenfluren und Mantelgebüsche. - 10.3.1 Entraphente Säume und Uferstaudenfluren (Artemisietea, O. Calystegietalia sepium). - 10.3.2 Sch

Note: Contents: Preface. - Introduction. - I. THE EQUATIONS OF HYDROTHERMODYNAMICS OF THE BOUNDARY LAYERS; ANALYSIS OF THESE EQUATIONS. - § 1. Derivation of the Equations for the Averaged Quantities. - § 2. The Relation Between Fluctuations of the Meteorological Elements and the Averaged Characteristics. Currents of Various Substances Due to Turbulence. - § 3. Some Problems of Turbulence Dynamics. The Reynolds Number. The Richardson Number § 4. Classification of Motions. Estimation of the Thickness of the Planetary Boundary Layer. The Surface Sublayer. - II. THE BOUNDARY LAYER OF THE ATMOSPHERE IN STATIONARY CONDITIONS. - § 1. Some Information on the Distribution of the Meteorological Elements in the Boundary Layer. - § 2. External Factors Determining the Structure of the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere. - § 3. A Boundary Layer Model with Height-Independent Turbulence Coefficient (One-Parameter Model). - § 4. The Structure of the Surface Sublayer. - § 5. Calculation of the Basic Characteristics of the Surface Sublayer. - § 6. Two-Parameter Model of the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere. - § 7. Some Information on the Processes at the Active Surface and in the Upper Layers of the Ground Influencing the Boundary Layer. - III. DAILY VARIATION OF THE METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS. - § 1. The Simplest Model for the Daily Temperature Variation. Features of the Daily Temperature Variation Over Water. - § 2. Daily Temperature Variations for Turbulent Mixing Intensity Growing with Height. - § 3. An Account of the Time Variations of the Eddy Exchange in the Theory of the Daily Temperature Variations. - § 4. The Influence of the Radiative Heat Influx on the Daily Temperature Variation. - § 5. Nocturnal Lowering of the Temperature. Forecasting of Radiation Frosts. - § 6. Daily Humidity Variations. Radiation Fogs. - § 7. Daily Variations of Wind Velocity. - IV. VARIATIONS OF METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS DUE TO THE INHOMOGENEITY OF THE ACTIVE SURFACE. - § 1. Qualitative Analysis of the Transformation Process. - § 2. Variations of the Temperature and Humidity Fields Over an Inhomogeneous Underlying Surface. - § 3. Formation of Advection Fogs. - § 4. Variations of the Micrometeorological Regime in Irrigation, Irrigation Standards for Various Meteorological Conditions. - § 5. Influence of Small Reservoirs on the Structure of the Lower Layers of the Atmosphere. - § 6. Nonstationary Processes Over An Inhomogeneous Underlying Surface. - § 7. Local Winds. - V. PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES OF A SPECIAL NATURE RELATED TO THE METEOROLOGICAL REGIME OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER. - §1. Wind Drift of Ice Floes. - § 2. Applications of the Laws of the Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere to Problems of Construction and Power Engineering. - § 3. Freezing of the Upper Layer of the Ground. - § 4. Pollution of the Lower Layers of the Atmosphere by Smoke From Factory Chimneys. - § 5. Some Features of the Electrostatic Field in the Surface Layer of the Atmosphere. , Transl. from Russian

Note: Contents Foreword Preface Contributors I Introduction 1 The Development of Climate Research / by ANTONIO NAVARRA 1.1 The Nature of Climate Studies 1.1.1 The Big Storm Controversy 1.1.2 The Great Planetary Oscillations 1.2 The Components of Climate Research 1.2.1 Dynamical Theory 1.2.2 Numerical Experimentation 1.2.3 Statistical Analysis 2 Misuses of Statistical Analysis in Climate Research / by HANS VON STORCH 2.1 Prologue 2.2 Mandatory Testing and the Mexican Hat 2.3 Neglecting Serial Correlation 2.4 Misleading Names: The Case of the Decorrelation Time 2.5 Use of Advanced Techniques 2.6 Epilogue II Analyzing The Observed Climate 3 Climate Spectra and Stochastic Climate Models / by CLAUDE FRANKIGNOUL 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Spectral Characteristics of Atmospheric Variables 3.3 Stochastic Climate Model 3.4 Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies 3.5 Variability of Other Surface Variables 3.6 Variability in the Ocean Interior 3.7 Long Term Climate Changes 4 The Instrumental Data Record: Its Accuracy and Use in Attempts to Identify the "CO2 Signal" / by PHIL JONES 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Homogeneity 4.2.1 Changes in Instrumentation, Exposure and Measuring Techniques 4.2.2 Changes in Station Locations 4.2.3 Changes in Observation Time and the Methods Used to Calculate Monthly Averages 4.2.4 Changes in the Station Environment 4.2.5 Precipitation and Pressure Homogeneity 4.2.6 Data Homogenization Techniques 4.3 Surface Climate Analysis 4.3.1 Temperature 4.3.2 Precipitation 4.3.3 Pressure 4.4 The Greenhouse Detection Problem 4.4.1 Definition of Detection Vector and Data Used 4.4.2 Spatial Correlation Methods 4.5 Conclusions 5 Interpreting High-Resolution Proxy Climate Data - The Example of Dendr о climatology / by KEITH R. BRIFFA 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Background 5.3 Site Selection and Dating 5.4 Chronology Confidence 5.4.1 Chronology Signal 5.4.2 Expressed Population Signal 5.4.3 Subsample Signal Strength 5.4.4 Wider Relevance of Chronology Signal 5.5 "Standardization" and Its Implications for Judging Theoretical Signal 5.5.1 Theoretical Chronology Signal 5.5.2 Standardization of "Raw" Data Measurements 5.5.3 General Relevance of the "Standardization" Problem 5.6 Quantifying Climate Signals in Chronologies 5.6.1 Calibration of Theoretical Signal 5.6.2 Verification of Calibrated Relationships 5.7 Discussion 5.8 Conclusions 6 Analysing the Boreal Summer Relationship Between World wide Sea-Surface Temperature and Atmospheric Variability / by M. NEIL WARD 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Physical Basis for Sea-Surface Temperature Forcing of the Atmosphere 6.2.1 Tropics 6.2.2 Extratropics 6.3 Characteristic Patterns of Global Sea Surface Temperature: EOFs and Rotated EOFs 6.3.1 Introduction 6.3.2 SST Data 6.3.3 EOF method 6.3.4 EOFs p^→1 - p^→3 6.3.5 Rotation of EOFs 6.4 Characteristic Features in the Marine Atmosphere Associated with the SST Patterns p^→2, p ^→3 and p^→2R in JAS 6.4.1 Data and Methods 6.4.2 Patterns in the Marine Atmosphere Associated with EOF p^→2 6.4.3 Patterns in the Marine Atmosphere Associated with EOF p^→3 6.4.4 Patterns in the Marine Atmosphere Associated with Rotated EOF p^→2R 6.5 JAS Sahel Rainfall Links with Sea-Surface Temperature and Marine Atmosphere 6.5.1 Introduction 6.5.2 Rainfall in the Sahel of Africa 6.5.3 High Frequency Sahel Rainfall Variations 6.5.4 Low Frequency Sahel Rainfall Variations 6.6 Conclusions III Simulating and Predicting Climate 7 The Simulation of Weather Types in GCMs : A Regional Approach to Control-Run Validation / by KEITH R. BRIFFA 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Lamb Catalogue 7.3 An "Objective" Lamb Classification 7.4 Details of the Selected GCM Experiments 7.5 Comparing Observed and GCM Climates 7.5.1 Lamb Types 7.5.2 Temperature and Precipitation 7.5.3 Relationships Between Circulation Frequencies and Temperature and Precipitation 7.5.4 Weather-Type Spell Lengths and Storm Frequencies 7.6 Conclusions 7.6.1 Specific Conclusions 7.6.2 General Conclusions 8 Statistical Analysis of GCM Output / by CLAUDE FRANKIGNOUL 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Univariate Analysis 8.2.1 The i-Test on the Mean of a Normal Variable 8.2.2 Tests for Autocorrelated Variables 8.2.3 Field Significance 8.2.4 Example: GCM Response to a Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly 8.3 Multivariate Analysis 8.3.1 Test on Means of Multidimensional Normal Variables 8.3.2 Application to Response Studies 8.3.3 Application to Model Testing and Intercomparison 9 Field Intercomparison / by ROBERT E . LIVEZEY 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Motivation for Permutation and Monte Carlo Testing 9.2.1 Local vs. Field Significance 9.2.2 Test Example 9.3 Permutation Procedures 9.3.1 Test Environment 9.3.2 Permutation (PP) and Bootstrap (BP) Procedures 9.3.3 Properties 9.3.4 Interdependence Among Field Variables 9.4 Serial Correlation 9.4.1 Local Probability Matching 9.4.2 Times Series and Monte Carlo Methods 9.4.3 Independent Samples 9.4.4 Conservatism 9.5 Concluding Remarks 10 The Evaluation of Forecasts / by ROBERT E. LIVEZEY 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Considerations for Objective Verification 10.2.1 Quantification 10.2.2 Authentication 10.2.3 Description of Probability Distributions 10.2.4 Comparison of Forecasts 10.3 Measures and Relationships: Categorical Forecasts 10.3.1 Contingency and Definitions 10.3.2 Some Scores Based on the Contingency Table 10.4 Measures and Relationships: Continuous Forecasts 10.4.1 Mean Squared Error and Correlation 10.4.2 Pattern Verification (the Murphy-Epstein Decomposition) 10.5 Hindcasts and Cross-Validation 10.5.1 Cross-Validation Procedure 10.5.2 Key Constraints in Cross-Validation 11 Stochastic Modeling of Precipitation with Applications to Climate Model Downscaling / by DENNIS LETTENMAIER 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Probabilistic Characteristics of Precipitation 11.3 Stochastic Models of Precipitation 11.3.1 Background 11.3.2 Applications to Global Change 11.4 Stochastic Precipitation Models with External Forcing 11.4.1 Weather Classification Schemes 11.4.2 Conditional Stochastic Precipitation Models 11.5 Applications to Alternative Climate Simulation 11.6 Conclusions IV Pattern Analysis 12 Teleconnections Patterns / by ANTONIO NAVARRA 12.1 Objective Teleconnections 12.2 Singular Value Decomposition 12.3 Teleconnections in the Ocean-Atmosphere System 12.4 Concluding Remarks 13 Spatial Patterns: EOFs and CCA / by HANS VON STORCH 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Expansion into a Few Guess Patterns 13.2.1 Guess Patterns, Expansion Coefficients and Explained Variance 13.2.2 Example: Temperature Distribution in the Mediterranean Sea 13.2.3 Specification of Guess Patterns 13.2.4 Rotation of Guess Patterns 13.3 Empirical Orthogonal Functions 13.3.1 Definition of EOFs 13.3.2 What EOFs Are Not Designed for 13.3.3 Estimating EOFs 13.3.4 Example: Central European Temperature 13.4 Canonical Correlation Analysis 13.4.1 Definition of Canonical Correlation Patterns 13.4.2 CCA in EOF Coordinates 13.4.3 Estimation: CCA of Finite Samples 13.4.4 Example: Central European Temperature 14 Patterns in Time : SSA and MSSA / by ROBERT VAUTARD 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Reconstruction and Approximation of Attractors 14.2.1 The Embedding Problem 14.2.2 Dimension and Noise 14.2.3 The Macroscopic Approximation 14.3 Singular Spectrum Analysis 14.3.1 Time EOFs 14.3.2 Space-Time EOFs 14.3.3 Oscillatory Pairs 14.3.4 Spectral Properties 14.3.5 Choice of the Embedding Dimension 14.3.6 Estimating Time and Space-Time Patterns 14.4 Climatic Applications of SSA 14.4.1 The Analysis of Intraseasonal Oscillations 14.4.2 Empirical Long-Range Forecasts Using MSSA Predictors 14.5 Conclusions 15 Multivariate Statistical Modeling : POP-Model as a First Order Approximation / by JIN-SONG VON STORCH 15.1 Introduction 15.2 The Cross-Covariance Matrix and the Cross-Spectrum Matrix 15.3 Multivariate AR(1) Process and its Cross-Covariance and Cross-Spectrum Matrices 15.3.1 The System Matrix A and its POPs 15.3.2 Cross-Spectrum Matrix in POP-Basis: Its Matrix Formulation 15.3.3 Cross-Spectrum Matrix in POP-Basis: Its Diagonal Components 15.3.4

Note: CONTENTS Preface List of Contributors Introduction 1. Predicting the Hydrological Effects of Climate Change / J.A.A. Jones Section I Sensitivity of the Global Hydrosphere Section Summary 2. An Introduction to Global Water Dynamics / I. Kayane 3. Modelling the Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle: Upscaling Processes and Downscaling Weather Data / B. Bass, N. Akkur, J. Russo and J. Zack 4. Trends in Historical Steamflow Records / F.H.S. Chiew and T.A. McMahon Section II Regional Implications of Global Warming Section Summary 5. Hydrology of Northern North America under Global Warming / M.-K. Woo 6. Current Evidence on the Likely Impact of Global Warming on Hydrological Regimes in Europe / J.A.A. Jones 7. The Impact of Climatic Warming on Hydrological Regimes in China: An Overview / L. Changming and F. Guobin Section. Ill Precipitation Change and Variability Section Summary 8. The Influence of Topography, Season and Circulation on Spatial Patterns of Daily Precipitation / P.J. Robinson 9. Use of Artificial Neural Networks in Precipitation Forecasting / H.-T. Kung, L.Yu. Lin and S. Malasri 10. Generation of Sequences of Air Temperature and Precipitation for Estimation of the Hydrological Cycle in Changing Climatic Conditions in Poland / M. Gutry-Korycka and P. Werner 11. Some Aspects of Climatic Fluctuation at Four Stations on the Tibetan Plateau during the Last 40 Years / M. Yoshino 12. The Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the El Niiio/Southern Oscillation and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on Winter Precipitation in Ireland / S. Daultrey Section IV Impacts on Snow, Ice and Meltwaters Section Summary 13. Runoff Formation and Discharge Modelling of a Glacierized Basin in the Tianshan Mountains / K. Ersi, S. Yafeng, A. Ohmura and H. Lang 14. Impact of Future Climate Change on Glacier Runoff and the Possibilities for Artificially Increasing Melt Water Runoff in the Aral Sea Basin / A.N. Krenke and G.N. Kravchenko 15. Glaciers and Snowcover in Central Asia as Indicators of Climate Change in the Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere System / V.B. Aizen and E.M. Aizen 16. Global Warming and the Trend toward Dryness in the Frigid High Mountains and Plateau of Western China / L.-S. Zhang Section V The Water Balance and Changing Regional Resources Section Summary 17. A Method to Assess the Effects of Climatic Warming on the Water Balance of Mountainous Regions / C. Liu and M.-K. Woo 18. Sensitivity Analyses for the Impact of Global Warming on Water Resources in Wales / C.P. Holt and J.A.A. Jones 19. Potential Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in Australia / F.H.S. Chiew, Q.J. Wang, T.A. McMahon, B.C. Bates and P.H. Whetton 20. Dynamics of Stage Fluctuation in Yangzhouyongcuo Lake, Tibetan Plateau / T. Liu 21. Derivation of Surface Temperature, Albedo, and Radiative Fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau Based on Satellite Measurement / L. Shi 22. Climatic Warming and its Impact on the Water Resources of the Yalong River, China / D. Yuren and H. Yuguang 23. The Probable Impact of Global Change on the Water Resources of Patagonia, Argentina / R.M. Quintela, O.E. Scarpati, L.B. Spescha and AD. Capriolo 24. Long Term Trends in the Water Balance of Central Japan / K. Mori Conclusions 25. The Impact of Global Warming on Regional Hydrology and Future Research Priorities / J.A.A. Jones Index

Note: Inhalt Geleitwort Danksagung Bildnachweis 1 Einleitung 2 Vom Wetter zum Klima 3 Das Klima der Vergangenheit Die Kleine Eiszeit Die quartären Vereisungen Die Geschichte des Klimas seit der Entstehung der Erde 4 Die Luft und das Wasser - die treibenden Elemente des Planeten Die atmosphärische Zirkulation Die ozeanische Zirkulation 5 Die Funktionsweise der Klimamaschine Luft und Wasser treten in Aktion Eis und Klima Das Leben und das Klima 6 Der Mensch und das Klima Die Treibhausgase Folgen der Verstärkung des Treibhauseffektes Das Ozon 7 Vorbereitung auf die Zukunft Literaturverzeichnis

Note: INHALT Vorwort zur 5. Auflage Inhaltsverzeichnis Einführung Literatur Liste der europäischen Stationen Lagekarten Europa Klimatabellen europäischer Stationen Liste der asiatischen Stationen Klimakarte Eurasien nach Köppen/Geiger Klimakarte Eurasien nach Troll/Paffen Klimatabellen asiatischer Stationen Liste der nordamerikanischen und mexikanischen Stationen Klimakarte Nordamerika nach Köppen/Geiger Klimakarte Nordamerika nach Troll/Paffen Klimatabellen nordamerikanischer und mexikanischer Stationen Liste der südamerikanischen Stationen Klimakarte Südamerika nach Köppen/Geiger Klimakarte Südamerika nach Troll/Paffen Klimatabellen südamerikanischer Stationen Liste afrikanischer Stationen Klimakarte Afrika nach Köppen/Geiger Klimakarte Afrika nach Troll/Paffen Klimatabellen afrikanischer Stationen Liste australischer und ozeanischer Stationen Klimakarte Australien und Ozeanien nach Köppen/Geiger Klimakarte Australien und Ozeanien nach Troll/Paffen Klimatabellen australischer und ozeanischer Stationen Liste der Polarstationen Lagekarte Polargebiete Klimatabellen der Polargebiete Register.

Note: CONTENTS: 1. Introduction. - 1.1 Scope of Aquatic Chemistry. - 1.2 The Solvent Water. - 1.3 Solute Species. - Suggested Readings. - Appendix 1.1: Some Useful Quantities, Units, Conversion Factors, Constants, and Relationships. - 2. Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics. - 2.1 Introduction. - 2.2 Chemical Thermodynamic Principles. - 2.3 Systems of Variable Composition: Chemical Thermodynamics. - 2.4 Gibbs Energy and Systems of Variable Chemical Composition. - 2.5 Chemical Potentials of Pure Phases and Solutions. - 2.6 Chemical Potentials of Aqueous Electrolytes. - 2.7 The Equilibrium Constant. - 2.8 The Gibbs Energy of a System. - 2.9 Driving Force for Chemical Reactions. - 2.10 Temperature and Pressure Effects on Equilibrium. - 2.11 Equilibrium Tools. - 2.12 Kinetics and Thermodynamics: Time and Reaction Advancement. - 2.13 Rate and Mechanism. - 2.14 Concentration Versus Time. - 2.15 Theory of Elementary Processes. - 2.16 Elementary Reactions and ACT. - 2.17 Equilibrium Versus Steady State in Flow Systems. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - 3. Acids and Bases. - 3.1 Introduction. - 3.2 The Nature of Acids and Bases. - 3.3 The Strength of an Acid or Base. - 3.4 Activity and pH Scales. - 3.5 Equilibrium Calculations. - 3.6 pH as a Master Variable; Equilibrium Calculations Using a Graphical Approach. - 3.7 Ionization Fractions of Acids, Bases, and Ampholytes. - 3.8 Titration of Acids and Bases. - 3.9 Buffer Intensity and Neutralizing Capacity. - 3.10 Organic Acids. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - 4. Dissolved Carbon Dioxide. - 4.1 Introduction. - 4.2 Dissolved Carbonate Equilibria (Closed System). - 4.3 Aqueous Carbonate System Open to the Atmosphere. - 4.4 Alkalinity and Acidity, Neutralizing Capacities. - 4.5 Alkalinity Changes. - 4.6 Analytical Considerations: Gran Plots. - 4.7 Equilibrium with Solid Carbonates. - 4.8 Kinetic Considerations. - 4.9 Carbon Isotopes and Isotope Fractionation. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - 5. Atmosphere-Water Interactions. - 5.1 Introduction. - 5.2 Anthropogenic Generation of Acidity in the Atmosphere. - 5.3 Gas-Water Partitioning: Henry's Law. - 5.4 Gas-Water Equilibria in Closed and Open Systems. - 5.5 Washout of Pollutants from the Atmosphere. - 5.6 Fog. - 5.7 Aerosols . - 5.8 Acid Rain - Acid Lakes. - 5.9 The Volatility of Organic Substances. - 5.10 Gas Transfer Across Water-Gas Interface. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - 6. Metal Ions in Aqueous Solution: Aspects of Coordination Chemistry. - 6.1 Introduction. - 6.2 Protons and Metal Ions. - 6.3 Hydrolysis of Metal Ions. - 6.4 Solubility and Hydrolysis: Solid Hydroxides and Metal Oxides. - 6.5 Chelates. - 6.6 Metal Ions and Ligands: Classification of Metals. - 6.7 Speciation in Fresh Waters. - 6.8 Seawater Speciation. - 6.9 Kinetics of Complex Formation. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - Appendix 6.1: Stability Constants. - Appendix 6.2: The Various Scales for Equilibrium Constants, Activity Coefficients, and pH. - 7. Precipitation and Dissolution. - 7.1 Introduction. - 7.2 The Solubility of Oxides and Hydroxides. - 7.3 Complex Formation and Solubility of (Hydr)oxides. - 7.4 Carbonates. - 7.5 The Stability of Hydroxides, Carbonates, and Hydroxide Carbonates. - 7.6 Sulfides and Phosphates. - 7.7 The Phase Rule: Components, Phases, and Degrees of Freedom. - 7.8 Solubility of Fine Particles. - 7.9 Solid Solutions. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - 8. Oxidation and Reduction; Equilibria and Microbial Mediation. - 8.1 Introduction. - 8.2 Redox Equilibria and the Electron Activity. - 8.3 The Electrode Potential: The Nernst Equation and the Electrochemical Cell. - 8.4 p[Epsilon]-pH, Potential-pH Diagrams. - 8.5 Redox Conditions in Natural Waters. - 8.6 Effect of Complex Formers on the Redox Potential. - 8.7 Measuring the Redox Potential in Natural Waters. - 8.8 The Potentiometric Determination of Individual Solutes. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Answers to Problems. - Appendix 8.1: Activity Ratio Diagrams for Redox Systems. - 9. The Solid-Solution Interface. - 9.1 Introduction. - 9.2 Adsorption. - 9.3 Adsorption Isotherms. - 9.4 Hydrous Oxide Surfaces; Reactions with H+, OH-, Metal Ions, and Ligands. - 9.5 Surface Charge and the Electric Double Layer. - 9.6 Correcting Surface Complex Formation Constants for Surface Charge. - 9.7 Sorption of Hydrophobic Substances on Organic Carbon-Bearing Particles. - 9.8 Ion Exchange. - 9.9 Transport of (Ad)sorbable Constituents in Groundwater and Soil Systems. - Suggested Readings. - Problems. - Appendix 9.1: The Gouy-Chapman Theory. - Appendix 9.2: Contact Angle, Adhesion and Cohesion, the Oil-Water Interface. - 10. Trace Metals: Cycling, Regulation, and Biological Role. - 10.1 Introduction: Global Cycling of Metals. - 10.2 Analytical Approaches to Chemical Speciation. - 10.3 Classification of Metal Ions and the Inorganic Chemistry of Life. - 10.4 Organometallic and Organometalloidal Compounds. - 10.5 Bioavailability and Toxicity. - 10.6 Metal Ions as Micronutrients. - 10.7 The Interaction of Trace Metals with Phytoplankton at the Molecular Level. - 10.8 Regulation of Trace Elements by the Solid-Water Interface in Surface Waters. - 10.9 Regulation of Dissolved Heavy Metals in Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans. - 10.10 Quality Criteria in Fresh Waters: Some Aspects. - Suggested Readings. - 11. Kinetics of Redox Processes. - 11 1 Introduction. - 11.2 How Good an Oxidant Is O2?. - 11.3 Can p[Epsilon] Be Defined for a Nonequilibrium System?. - 11.4 Kinetics of Redox Processes: Case Studies. - 11.5 Oxidants Used in Water and Waste Technology: A Few Case Studies. - 11.6 Linear Free Energy Relations (LFERs). - 11.7 The Marcus Theory of Outer-Sphere Electron Transfer: An Introduction. - 11.8 Nucleophile-Electrophile Interactions and Redox Reactions Involving Organic Substances. - 11.9 Corrosion of Metals as an Electrochemical Process. - Suggested Readings. - 12. Photochemical Processes. - 12.1 Introduction. - 12.2 Absorption of Light. - 12.3 Photoreactants. - 12.4 Photoredox Reactions: Photolysis of Transition Metal Complexes. - 12.5 Photochemical Reactions in Atmospheric Waters: Role of Dissolved Iron Species. - 12.6 Heterogeneous Photochemistry. - 12.7 Semiconducting Minerals. - Suggested Readings. - 13. Kinetics at the Solid-Water Interface: Adsorption, Dissolution of Minerals, Nucleation, and Crystal Growth. - 13.1 Introduction. - 13.2 Kinetics of Adsorption. - 13.3 Surface-Controlled Dissolution of Oxide Minerals: An Introduction to Weathering. - 13.4 Simple Rate Laws in Dissolution. - 13.5 Rates of CaCO3 Dissolution (and of CaCO3 Crystal Growth). - 13.6 Inhibition of Dissolution. - 13.7 Nucleation and Crystal Growth. - Suggested Readings. - 14. Particle-Particle Interaction: Colloids, Coagulation, and Filtration. - 14.1 Colloids. - 14.2 Particle Size Distribution. - 14.3 Surface Charge of Colloids. - 14.4 Colloid Stability: Qualitative Considerations. - 14.5 Effects of Surface Speciation on Colloid Stability. - 14.6 Some Water-Technological Considerations in Coagulation, Filtration, and Flotation. - 14.7 Filtration Compared with Coagulation. - 14.8 Transport in Aggregation and Deposition. - Suggested Readings. - Appendix 14.1: A Physical Model (DLVO) for Colloid Stability. - 15. Regulation of the Chemical Composition of Natural Waters. - 15.1 Introduction. - 15.2 Weathering and the Proton Balance. - 15.3 Isothermal Evaporation. - 15.4 Buffering. - 15.5 Interactions Between Organisms and Abiotic Environment: Redfield Stoichiometry. - 15.6 The Oceans: Relative Constancy of the Composition and Chemical Equilibria. - 15.7 Constancy of Composition: Steady State. - 15.8 Hydrothermal Vents. - 15.9 The Sediment-Water Interface. - 15.10 Biological Regulation of the Composition. - 15.11 Global Cycling: The Interdependence of Biogeochemical Cycles. - 15.12 The Carbon Cycle. - 15.13 Nitrogen Cycles:

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Note: Contents Preface 1 Data Analysis in Earth Sciences 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Collecting Data 1.3 Types of Data 1.4 Methods of Data Analysis Recommended Reading 2 Introduction to MATLAB 2.1 MATLAB in Earth Sciences 2.2 Getting Started 2.3 The Syntax 2.4 Data Storage 2.5 Data Handling 2.6 Scripts and Functions 2.7 Basic Visualization Tools Recommended Reading 3 Univariate Statistics 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Empirical Distributions Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Dispersion 3.3 Example of Empirical Distributions 3.4 Theoretical Distributions Uniform Distribution Binomial or Bernoulli Distribution Poisson Distribution Normal or Gaussian Distribution Logarithmic Normal or Log-Normal Distribution Student's t Distribution Fisher's F Distribution Χ2 or Chi-Squared Distribution 3.5 Example ofTheoretical Distributions 3.6 Thet-Test 3.7 TheF-Test 3.8 The Χ2-Test Recommended Reading 4 Bivariate Statistics 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Pearson's Correlation Coefficient 4.3 Classical Linear Regression Analysis and Prediction 4.4 Analyzing the Residuals 4.5 Bootstrap Estimates of the Regression Coefficients 4.6 Jackknife Estimates of the Regression Coefficients 4.7 Cross Validation 4.8 Reduced Major Axis Regression 4.9 Curvilinear Regression Recommended Reading 5 Time-Series Analysis 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Generating Signals 5.3 Blackman-Tukey Autospectral Analysis 5.4 Blackman-Tukey Crossspectral Analysis 5.5 Interpolating and Analyzing Unevenly-Spaced Data 5.6 Evolutionary Blackman-Tukey Powerspectrum 5.7 Lomb-Scargle Powerspectrum 5.8 Wavelet Powerspectrum 5.9 Nonlinear Time-Series Analysis (by N. Marwarn) Phase Space Portrait Recurrence Plots Recommended Reading 6 Signal Processing 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Generating Signals 6.3 Linear Time-Invariant Systems 6.4 Convolution and Filtering 6.5 Comparing Functions for Filtering Data Series 6.6 Recursive and Nonrecursive Filters 6.7 Impulse Response 6.8 Frequency Response 6.9 Filter Design 6.10 Adaptive Filtering Recommended Reading 7 Spatial Data 7.1 Types of Spatial Data 7.2 The GSHHS Shoreline Data Set 7.3 The 2-Minute Gridded Global Elevation Data ETOPO2 7.4 The 30-Arc Seconds Elevation Model GTOPO30 7.5 The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM 7.6 Gridding and Contouring Background 7.7 Gridding Example 7.8 Comparison of Methods and Potential Artifacts 7.9 Statistics of Point Distributions Test for Uniform Distribution Test for Random Distribution Test for Clustering 7.10 Analysis of Digital Elevation Models (by R. Gebbers) 7.11 Geostatistics and Kriging (by R. Gebbers) Theorical Background Preceding Analysis Variography with the Classical Variogram Kriging Discussion of Kriging Recommended Reading 8 Image Processing 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Datastorage 8.3 Importing, Processing and Exporting Images 8.4 Importing, Processing and Exporting Satellite Images 8.5 Georeferencing Satellite Images 8.6 Digitizing from the Screen Recommended Reading 9 Multivariate Statistics 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Principal Component Analysis 9.3 Independent Component Analysis (by N. Marwan) 9.4 Cluster Analysis Recommended Reading 10 Statistics on Directional Data 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Graphical Representation 10.3 Empirical Distributions 10.4 Theoretical Distributions 10.5 Test for Randomness of Directional Data 10.6 Test for the Significance of a Mean Direction 10.7 Test for the Difference of Two Sets of Directions Recommended Reading General Index

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Note: Zugl.: Potsdam, Univ., Diss., 2006

Note: Zugl.: Bremen, Univ., Diss., 2006

Note: CONTENTS: PREFACE. - FOREWORD. - CONTENTS. - REVIEW. - 1. Arctic Sea Ice Thickness – A Review of Current Techniques and Future Possibilities / Peter Wadhams. - PART 1. HOW WE MEASURE SEA ICE THICKNESS. - 2. Ice Mass Balance Buoy: An Instrument to Measure and Attribute Changes in Ice Thickness / Jacqueline A. Richter-Menge, Donald K. Perovich, Cathleen Geiger, Bruce C. Elder and Kerry Claffey. - 3. A Review of the Use of Sonar on Underwater Vehicles to Obtain Information on Sea Ice Draft / Jeremy P. Wilkinson, Peter Wadhams and Nick E. Hughes. - 4. Key Characteristics of Helicopter Electromagnetic Sea Ice Thickness Mapping Resolution, Accuracy and Footprint / Andreas Pfaffling, Christian Haas and James E. Reid. - 5. The Simulated Seasonal Variability of the Ku-band Radar Altimeter Effective Scattering Surface Depth in Sea Ice / Rasmus T. Tonboe, Søren Andersen, Rashpal S. Gill and Leif Toudal Pedersen. - 6. SAR Motion Products: Tools for Monitoring Changes in Sea Ice Mass Balance and Thickness Distribution / Cathleen A. Geiger, Mani V. Thomas, and Chandra Kambhamettu. - 7. Classification of GreenICE SAR Data Using Fuzzy Screening Method / Rashpal S. Gill and Rasmus T. Tonboe. - 8. Sea Ice Freeboard from ICESat – A Comparison with Airborne Lidar Measurements / Henriette Skourup and Rene Forsberg. - 9. On the use of helicopter-borne Radar Backscatter Polarization Ratio measurements at L-Band to estimate the ice thickness / Stefan Kern, Martin Gade, Christian Haas, Andreas Pfaffling, and Gerd Müller. - 10. Satellite Thermal Microwave Sea Ice Concentration Algorithm Comparison / Søren Andersen, Rasmus T. Tonboe and Lars Kaleschke. - PART 2. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THICKNESS CHANGES?. - 11. GreenICE Sediment Cores Reveal Reduced Last Interglacial Arctic Sea Ice Cover / Niels Nørgaard-Pedersen, Naja Mikkelsen, Susanne J. Lassen, Emma Sheldon, Yngve Kristoffersen. - 12. Airborne Electromagnetic Measurements of Sea Ice Thickness: Methods and Applications / Christian Haas, Sibylle Goebell, Stefan Hendricks, Torge Martin, Andreas Pfaffling, Carola von Saldern. - 13. Recent Changes in the Sea Ice Thickness Distribution in the Russian Arctic / João Rodrigues. - 14. Spring Sea Ice Thickness in the Western Fram Strait: Preliminary Results / Sebastien Gerland, Christian Haas, Richard Hall, Jürgen Holfort, Edmond Hansen, Terje Brink Løyning, and Angelika Renner. - 15. Sea Ice Thickness, Geoid and Ocean Topography in the Arctic Ocean from ICESat and GRACE / Rene Forsberg, Henriette Skourup. - 16. Utilization of Multiple Satellite Sensors to Estimate Sea Ice Volume Flux through Fram Strait / Gunnar Spreen, Stefan Kern, and Detlef Stammer. - 17. Sea ice Thickness Estimates from Airborne Laser Scanning / Sine M. Hvidegaard, Rene Forsberg, and Henriette Skourup. - 18. Effect of the Physical Description of Sea Ice on the Modelled Mean Sea Ice Thickness on the Arctic Ocean / Jari Haapala. - PART 3. SEA ICE EXTENT CHANGES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY. - 19. The Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment: Changing Marine Access and a Critical Need for Improved Sea Ice Thickness Information / Lawson W. Brigham. - 20. Arctic Sea Ice Thickness: Implications for Arctic Tourism / John M. Snyder. - 21. Recent Changes in the Sea Ice Distribution in the Russian Arctic: Ice Extent, Area and Length of the Ice-free Season / João Rodrigues.

Note: Enthaltener Beitrag: Russian-German Cooperation SYSTEM LAPTEV SEA: The Expedition COAST I / edited by Paul Overduin , Enthaltener Beitrag: The Expedition Lena 2005 / edited by Lutz Schirrmeister, Dirk Wagner, Mikhail N. Grigoriev and Dimitry Yu. Bolshiyanov , Enthaltener Beitrag: Russian-German cooperation Yakutsk - Potsdam: the expedition CENTRAL YAKUTIA 2005 / edited by Bernhard Diekmann, Sebastian Wetterich and Frank Kienast , Contents for "Russian-German Cooperation SYSTEM LAPTEV SEA: The Expedition COAST I" The Expedition COAST I 1. Background and Objectives 2. Logistics and Itinerary 3. Field Methods and Sample Recovery 3.1 Coring 3.2 Pore water analyses 3.3 Temperature profiles 4. Sample lists , Contents for "The Expedition Lena 2005" The Expedition Lena 2005 1. Introduction 2. Expedition itinerary and general logistics 3. Microbiological processes, trace gas fluxes and hydrobiology in permafrost ecosystems of the Lena Delta 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Dynamic of methane oxidising communities in permafrost soils 3.2.1 Introduction 3.2.2 Sampling procedure and field parameters 3.2.3 Pore water methane concentration 3.2.4 Sample processing and analyses 3.3 Microbial studies on nitrification from permafrost environments 3.3.1 Introduction 3.3.2 Field experiments: Impact of polygonal soil parameter on nitrification 3.4 Closed chamber measurements of carbon exchange between Arctic tundra and the atmosphere 3.5 Micrometeorological measurements of energy, water, and carbon exchange between Arctic tundra and the atmosphere 3.6 Energy and water budget of permafrost soils – long time meteorology and soil survey station on Samoylov Island 3.7 Isotopic Studies on the 13C-fractionation during CH4-production in polygonal and thermokarst lakes of the Lena Delta 3.7.1 Introduction and methods 3.7.2 Preliminary results and further plans 3.8 Hydrobiological investigations on Samoylov Island 3.8.1 Objectives 3.8.2 Research tasks 3.8.3 Material and methods 3.8.4 Preliminary results 3.9 References 4. Studies of periglacial landscape dynamics and surface characteristics studies in the western Lena Delta 4.1. Scientific background and objectives 4.2. Geological and geographical characteristics 4.3. Studies of oriented lakes and thermokarst depressions 4.3.1 Background 4.3.2 Study area 4.3.3 Topographical and geomorphological settings 4.3.3.1 Depressions 1, 2 and 3 4.3.3.2 Depression 4 4.3.3.3 Depression 5 4.3.4 Bathymetrical surveys 4.3.5 Field sampling 4.4. Characteristics and spectral properties of periglacial landforms 4.4.1 Introduction 4.4.2 Methods 4.4.3 First results 4.5. Studies of permafrost sequences for paleo-environmental reconstruction 4.5.1 The “Arga-Sands” on Turakh Island 4.5.1.1 Exposure Tur-1 4.5.1.2 Core Tur-2 4.5.1.3 Exposure T021 4.5.2 Sand sequences of Ebe Basyn Sise Island 4.5.2.1 Exposure Ebe-4 4.5.2.2 Exposure Ebe-2 4.5.2.3 Exposure Ebe-3 4.5.2.4 Exposure Ebe-5 4.5.3 Sand and Ice Complex sequences of Khardang Island 4.5.3.1 The sand deposits in the exposure Kha-1 4.5.3.2 The sequence Kha-2 4.5.3.3 Exposure Kha-3: large ice wedge and surrounding sediments 4.6 Subsurficial and bathymetrical Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Investigations 4.6.1 Subsurface mapping of the Arga sands stratigraphical unit 4.6.1.1 GPR survey configuration 4.6.1.2 Transects at exposure Ebe-4 4.6.1.3 Transects at exposure/borehole Tur-1/Tur-2 4.6.2 Arynskaya Channel bathymetry 4.7 Measuring of local weather and soil conditions by soil probe and weather station 4.8 Palaeontological collection of the “Mammoth” fauna from the museum of the Lena Delta Reserve 4.9 References 4.10 Appendices chapter 4 Appendix 4-1: Field spectrometry – description of measuring points and profiles (see chapter 4.4) Appendix 4-2: List of sediment samples (see chapter 4.5) Appendix 4-3: Modern soil profiles and surface samples Appendix 4-4: List of ground ice and surface water samples Appendix 4-5. Bone collection of the expedition LENA 2005 Appendix 4-6: Bone collection of Lena Delta Reserve Tiksi (see chapter 4.8) 5. Holocene ice wedges of the 1st Lena terrace 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Outcrops 5.2.1 Outcrop 1 5.2.2 Outcrop 2 5.2.3 Geocryolithology on Samoylov Island: General impressions 5.2.4 Outcrop 3 5.2.5 Outcrop 4 5.2.6 Outcrop 5 5.2.7 Outcrop 6 5.2.8 Outcrop 7 5.2.9 Outcrop 8 5.2.10 Outcrop 9 5.2.11 Outcrop 10 5.2.12 Pingo at Olenyekskaya Channel 5.2.13 Summary 5.3 Studies on recent cryogenesis on Samoylov Island 5.4 References 5.5 Appendices chapter 5 Appendix 5-1: Ice sample list Appendix 5-2: List of sediment samples and ice content measurement Appendix 5-3: List of water samples 6. Report of the hydrological work in the Lena River Delta in August 2005 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Methods 6.3 Preliminary results 6.4 Conclusion , Contents for "Russian-German cooperation Yakutsk - Potsdam: the expedition CENTRAL YAKUTIA 2005" Central Yakutia 2005 1. Expedition ‘Verkhoyansk 2005’ • Limnogeological studies at Lake Billyakh, Verkhoyansk Mountains, Yakutia 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Regional Setting of Lake Billyakh 1.3 Itinerary 1.4 Methods 1.4.1 Bathymetric measurements 1.4.2 Water sampling and measurements 1.4.3 Sediment coring 1.5 Results 1.5.1 Bathymetry 1.5.2 Water profiles 1.5.3 Sediment cores 1.6 Outlook 1.7 References 2 Limnological studies in Central and North-east Yakutia in summer 2005 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Study sites and lake types 2.3 Material and methods 2.4 Preliminary results 2.5 Outlook 2.6 References 2.7 Appendices Appendix 2-1: General characteristics and geographical position of the studied lakes in Central and North-east Yakutia Appendix 2-2: Some properties of the studied lakes in Central and North-east Yakutia, obtained during the fieldwork (unfilled table cells imply no data or information) Appendix 2-3: Sample list for further analyses on sediments, hydro-chemistry, water isotopes and aquatic organisms Appendix 2-4: Occurrence of zoobenthos organisms in the sampled Central-Yakutian lakes in July 2005 3. Vegetation studies in extremely continental regions of Yakutia 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Study areas and investigated vegetation types 3.3 Material and methods 3.4 Preliminary results 3.5 Appendix 3-1: Metadata of studied vegetation records

Note: Contents: Preface / Hans-Jürgen Paech. - Palaeomagnetic and geochronological study of late Pan-African and Mesozoic igneous and metamorphic rocks from Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Christian Rolf & Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst. - Aeromagnetic survey in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, during the 1995/1996 GeoMaud Expedition: layout, execution, and data processing / Detlef Damaske, Vera Marginkowski, & Heinz-Dieter Möller. - Magnetic susceptibility of rock samples from Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Hans-Jürgen Paech & Vera Marginkowski. - 3-D Aeromagnetic modelling in the Grubergebirge Area, Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Sunchan Choi. - Ice thickness and sub-ice topography in Central Dronning Maud Land deduced by Radio Echo Sounding / Volkmar Damm & Dieter Eisenburger. - Airborne Radio Echo Sounding Survey in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Uwe Meyer, Daniel Steinhage, Uwe Nixdorf & Heinz Miller. - Gravity survey in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, during the 1995/96 GeoMaud Expedition / Gernot Reitmayr. - Gravimetric profiling in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Diedrich Fritzsche. - A compilation of geophysical data from the Lazarev Sea and the Riiser-Larsen Sea, off Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Karl Hinz, Soenke Neben, Yulia B. Gouseva & G. A. Kudryavtsev. - Sub-ice topography of selected areas in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica (Ground-based RES survey) / Georg Delisle. - Observations of the temperature field of glaciers at the margin of the Polar Plateau, Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Georg Delisle. - A short note on the thermal regime of Lake Untersee in the Grubergebirge of Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Georg Delisle & Michael Zeibig. - Late quaternary ice level changes in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, as inferred from 14C ages of Mumiyo Deposits in snow petrel colonies / Ulrich Wand & Wolf-Dieter Hermichen. - A mummified seal found far inland in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Ulrich Wand & Wolf-Dieter Hermichen & Norbert W. Roland. - Precise GPS measurements to infer vertical crustal deformation in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Mirko Scheinert, Reinhard Dietrich, Axel Rülke, James Perlt & E. C. Malaimani. - Photogrammetric survey in Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, during the 1996 GeoMaud Expedition / Heinz Bennat. - Logistics of the 1995/96 GeoMaud Expedition to Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Hans-Jürgen Paech & Jürgen Kothe. - Geographic data (Names, elevations and topographic maps) of Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica / Hans-Jürgen Paech. - Comparison of the geology of Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, with other areas of the Gondwana Supercontinent / Hans-Jürgen Paech, Wilfried Bauer, Sandra Piazolo, Joachim Jacobs & Gregor Markl. - Present knowledge of the Geology of Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: Main results of the 1995/96 GeoMaud Expedition / Hans-Jürgen Paech. - 1 : 500,000 Geological map of Central Dronning Maud Land with explanatory notes / Hans-Jürgen Paech, Joachim Jacobs, Wilfried Bauer, Evgueni Mikhalsky, Franco Talarico, Fabrizio Colombo, Norbert W. Roland & Friedhelm Henjes-Kunst. - Editorial note.

Note: Zugl.: Marburg, Univ., Diss., 2006

Note: Contents Preface PART I Framework of Climate Science CHAPTER 1 Overview of Climate Science Climate and Climate Change 1-1 Geologic Time Tools of Climate Science: Temperature Scales 1-2 How This Book Is Organized Development of Climate Science 1-3 How Scientists Study Climate Change Overview of the Climate System 1-4 Components of the Climate System 1-5 Climate Forcing 1-6 Climate System Responses 1-7 Time Scales of Forcing Versus Response 1-8 Differing Response Rates and Climate-System Interactions 1-9 Feedbacks in the Climate System Climate Interactions and Feedbacks: Positive and Negative Feedbacks CHAPTER 2 Climate Archives, Data, and Models Climate Archives, Dating, and Resolution 2-1 Types of Archives 2-2 Dating Climate Records 2-3 Climatic Resolution Climatic Data 2-4 Biotic Data 2-5 Geological and Geochemical Data Climate Models 2-6 Physical Climate Models 2-7 Geochemical Models PART II Tectonic-Scale Climate Change CHAPTER 3 CO2and Long-Term Climate Greenhouse Worlds Faint Young Sun Paradox Carbon Exchanges Between Rocks and the Atmosphere 3-1 Volcanic Input of Carbon from Rocks to the Atmosphere 3-2 Removal of CO2 from the Atmosphere by Chemical Weathering Climatic Factors That Control Chemical Weathering Is Chemical Weathering Earth’s Thermostat? 3-3 Greenhouse Role of Water Vapor Is Life the Ultimate Control on Earth’s Thermostat? 3-4 Gaia Hypothesis Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Organic Carbon Subcycle Was There a “Thermostat Malfunction”? A Snowball Earth? CHAPTER Plate Tectonics and Long-Term Climate Plate Tectonics 4-1 Structure and Composition of Tectonic Plates 4-2 Evidence of Past Plate Motions Polar Position Hypothesis 4-3 Glaciations and Continental Positions Since 500 Myr Ago Modeling Climate on the Supercontinent Pangaea 4-4 Input to the Model Simulation of Climate on Pangaea Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Brief Glaciation 440 Myr Ago 4-5 Output from the Model Simulation of Climate on Pangaea Tectonic Control of CO2 Input: BLAG Spreading-Rate Hypothesis 4-6 Control of CO2 Input by Seafloor Spreading 4-7 Initial Evaluation of the BLAG Spreading Rate Hypothesis Tectonic Control of CO2Removal: Uplift-Weathering Hypothesis 4-8 Rock Exposure and Chemical Weathering 4-9 Case Study: The Wind River Basin of Wyoming 4-10 Uplift and Chemical Weathering 4-11 Case Study: Weathering in the Amazon Basin 4-12 Weathering: Both a Climate Forcing and a Feedback? CHAPTER 5 Greenhouse Climate What Explains the Warmth 100 Myr Ago? 5-1 Model Simulations of the Cretaceous Greenhouse 5-2 What Explains the Data-Model Mismatch? 5-3 Relevance of Past Greenhouse Climate to the Future Sea Level Changes and Climate 5-4 Causes of Tectonic-Scale Changes in Sea Level 5-5 Effect of Changes in Sea Level on Climate Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Calculating Changes in Sea Level Asteroid Impact Large and Abrupt Greenhouse Episode near 50 Myr Ago CHAPTER 6 From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Last 50 Million Years Global Climate Change Since 50 Myr Ago 6-1 Evidence from Ice and Vegetation 6-2 Evidence from Oxygen Isotope Measurements 6-3 Evidence from Mg/Ca Measurements Do Changes in Geography Explain the Cooling? 6-4 Gateway Hypothesis 6-5 Assessment of Gateway Changes Hypotheses Linked to Changes in CO2 6-6 Evaluation of the BLAG Spreading Rate Hypothesis 6-7 Evaluation of the Uplift Weathering Hypothesis Climate DebateTiming of the Uplift in Western North America Future Climate Change at Tectonic Scales Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Organic Carbon: Monterrey Hypothesis PART III Orbital-Scale Climate Change CHAPTER 7 Astronomical Control of Solar Radiation Earth’s Orbit Today 7-1 Earth’s Tilted Axis of Rotation and the Seasons 7-2 Earth’s Eccentric Orbit: Distance Between Earth and Sun Long-Term Changes in Earth’s Orbit 7-3 Changes in Earth’s Axial Tilt Through Time Tools of Climate Science: Cycles and Modulation 7-4 Changes in Earth’s Eccentric Orbit Through Time 7-5 Precession of the Solstices and Equinoxes Around Earth’s Orbit Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Earth’s Precession as a Sine Wave Changes in Insolation Received on Earth 7-6 Insolation Changes by Month and Season 7-7 Insolation Changes by Caloric Seasons Searching for Orbital-Scale Changes in Climatic Records 7-8 Time Series Analysis 7-9 Effects of Undersampling Climate Records 7-10 Tectonic-Scale Changes in Earth’s Orbit CHAPTER 8 Insolation Control of Monsoons Monsoon Circulations 8-1 Orbital-Scale Control of Summer Monsoons Orbital-Scale Changes in North African Summer Monsoons 8-2 “Stinky Muds” in the Mediteranean 8-3 Freshwater Diatoms in the Tropical Atlantic 8-4 Upwelling in the Equatorial Atlantic Orbital Monsoon Hypothesis: Regional Assessment 8-5 Cave Speleothems in China and Brazil 8-6 Phasing of Summer Monsoons Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Insolation-Driven Monsoon Responses: Chronometer for Tuning Monsoon Forcing Earlier in Earth’s History 8-7 Monsoons on Pangaea 200 Myr Ago 8-8 Joint Tectonic and Orbital Control of Monsoons CHAPTER 9 Insolation Control of Ice Sheets Milankovitch Theory: Orbital Control of Ice Sheets Modeling the Behavior of Ice Sheets 9-1 Insolation Control of Ice Sheet Size 9-2 Ice Sheets Lag Behind Summer Insolation Forcing 9-3 Delayed Bedrock Response Beneath Ice Sheets Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Ice Volume Response to Insolation 9-4 Full Cycle of Ice Growth and Decay 9-5 Ice Slipping and Calving Northern Hemisphere Ice Sheet History 9-6 Ice Sheet History: δ18O Evidence 9-7 Confirming Ice Volume Changes: Coral Reefs and Sea Level Is Milankovich’s Theory the Full Answer? Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Sea Level on Uplifting Islands CHAPTER 10 Orbital-Scale Changes in Carbon Dioxide and Methane Ice Cores 10-1 Drilling and Dating Ice Cores 10-2 Verifying Ice-Core Measurements of Ancient Air 10-3 Orbital-Scale Carbon Transfers: Carbon Isotopes Orbital-Scale Changes in CO2 10-4 Where Did the Missing Carbon Go? 10-5 δ13C Evidence of Carbon Transfer How Did the Carbon Get into the Deep Ocean? 10-6 Increased CO2 Solubility in Seawater 10-7 Biological Transfer from Surface Waters A Closer Look at Climate Science: Using δ13C to Measure Carbon Pumping 10-8 Changes in Deep-Water Circulation Orbital-Scale Changes in CH4 Orbital-Scale Climatic Roles: CO2and CH4 CHAPTER 11 Orbital-Scale Interactions, Feedbacks, and Unsolved Problems Climatic Responses Driven by the Ice Sheets Mystery of the 41,000-Year Glacial World 11-1 Did Insolation Really Vary Mainly at 41,000 Years? 11-2 Interhemispheric Cancellation of 23,000-Year Ice Volume Responses? 11-3 CO2 Feedback at 41,000 Years? Mystery of the ~100,000-Year Glacial World 11-4 How Is the Northern Ice Signal Transferred South? Why did the Northern Ice Sheets Vary at ~100,000 Years? Looking Deeper into Climate Science: Link Between Forcing and the Time Constants of Ice Response 11-5 Ice Interactions with Bedrock 11-6 Ice Interactions with the Local Environment 11-7 Ice Interactions with Greenhouse Gases PART IV Deglacial Climate Change CHAPTER 12 Last Glacial Maximum Glacial World: More Ice, Less Gas 12-1 Project CLIMAP: Reconstructing the Last Glacial Maximum 12-2 How Large Were the Ice Sheets? 12-3 Glacial Dirt and Winds Testing Model Simulations Against Biotic Data 12-4 COHMAP: Data-Model Comparisons 12-5 Pollen: Indicator of Climate on the Continents 12-6 Using Pollen for Data-Model Comparisons Data-Model Comparisons of Glacial Maximum Climates 12-7 Model Simulations of Glacial Maximum Climates 12-8 Climate Changes near the Northern Ice Sheets 12-9 Climate Changes far from the Northern Ice Sheets How Cold Were the Glacial Tropics? 12-10 Evidence for a Small Tropical Cooling 12-11 Evidence for a Large Tropical Cooling 12-12 Actual Cooling Was Medium-Small CHAPTER 13 Climate During and Since the Last Deglaciation Fire and Ice: Shift in the Balance of Power 13-1 When Did the Ice Sheets Melt? 13-2 Coral Reefs and Rising Sea Level 13-3 Glitches in the Deglaciation: Deglacial Two-Step To

Note: CONTENTS COMPOSITION OF THE OFFICE CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. THE POLAR REGIONS: AN URGENT NEED FOR PROTECTION A. EXTREME BUT FRAGILE REGIONS 1. The Arctic Ocean 2. Antarctica B. FRANCE'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ANTARCTICA TREATY 1. The origins of the treaty and the Antarctic system 2. Mining a suspended issue 3. Tourism: a new peaceful threat? II. THE POLES: THEIR KEY ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE A. UNDERSTANDING PAST CLIMATES TO UNDERSTAND THE FUTURE CLIMATE 1. Recent ice cores from Greenland 2. lce cores from Antarctica 3. Ocean core samples: the transpolar link 4. The future of glacial core sampling B. THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION 1. The general circulation system 2. The importance of the creation of cold, deep waters 3. The Antarctic Ocean, a carbon sink C. THE POLAR REGIONS AT THE HEART OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE 1. Will the Arctic ice shelf disappear in the summer? 2. Will Greenland melt completely? 3. Can a diagnosis be made concerning the assessment of Antarctica's mass? III. FRANCE'S FIRST-CLASS BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH A. AN EXCEPTIONAL HERITAGE 1. A unique geographic situation 2. 40 to 50 years of continuous observations B. ADAPTING TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS 1. Adapting to climate change 2. Understanding the adaptation to extreme environments C. INNOVATIVE RESEARCH 1. The equipment of animals 2. Hormonal, molecular and genetic research 3. The implications for the organization of research IV. OBSERVING THE EARTH, OBSERVING THE UNIVERSE A. OBSERVATORIES FOR THE EARTH AND THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE 1. Seismology 2. Measuring gravity and terrestrial magnetism 3. Studying the stratosphere and monitoring the ozone layer '1. Observing the ionosphere B. ANTARCTIC ASTRONOMY: A NEW FIELD 1. Recognizing this fast-growing discipline 2. Concordia: the best site in the world/or astronomic observations? 3. Searching for meteorites in Antarctica 4. Measuring cosmic radiation V. PREPARING THE SPACE MISSIONS IN ANTARCTICA A. PREPARING AND VALIDATING THE SATELLITE MISSIONS 1. Space and the polar regions: preparation complementarity 2. Validating on the ground observations made from space B. PREPARING MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS AND MOON OR MARS-BASED STATIONS 1. Concordia - a unique research site 2. Studying behaviour in an extreme environment 3. Physiological studies C. TESTING EXPLORATION MATERIAL 1. American examples and projects 2. European perspectives VI. FRANCE'S PRESENCE IN THE POLAR REGIONS A. DEVELOPING FRANCE'S PRESENCE IN THE ARCTIC, STRENGTHENING ITS PRESENCE IN ANTARCTICA 1. Developing France's Arctic presence 2. Strengthening our presence in the southern regions B. IPEV (THE FRENCH PAUL-EMILE VICTOR INSTITUTE), AN AGENCY OF MEANS VII. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION: A NECESSITY AND A GOAL A. HOW TO ENCOURAGE A EUROPEAN PROCESS? 1. The European Union: a sufficient framework? 2. The practical and political limitations of cooperation 3. Towards an Italian-German-French engine? B. WHAT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR FRANCE ON THE EVE OF THE IPY? 1. Excellence, proximity and longevity: three key criteria for cooperation 2. Developing a network for the stations VIII. THE RAPPORTEUR'S CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS 1. Strategic regions 2. Regions to protect 3. Essential regions for understanding climate change 4. Life in the polar regions: of great value to humanity 5. The polar regions: an observatory for the Earth 6. Strongly support the development of astronomy at Concordia 7. Take advantage of the polar regions' complementarity with the space missions 8. Strengthen France's presence in the polar regions 9. Reorganize France's presence in the polar regions 10. Better coordinate polar research 11. Solve the problem of insufficient funding for polar-research logistics 12. Define a French strategy for European and international cooperation APPENDICES SPEAKERS PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1 MARCH 2007 SEMINAR: "OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR IN FRANCE" PART ONE: LUNCH-DEBATE I. MR. HENRI REVOL, PRESIDENT OF THE OPECST II. MR. JEAN-LOUIS ETIENNE PART TWO: OFFICIAL OPENING SESSION I. INTRODUCTION A. MR. CHRISTIAN GAUDIN, SENATOR, RAPPORTEUR FOR THE OPECST B. MS. CATHERINE BRECHIGNAC, PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) C. MR. MICHEL JARRAUD, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION D. MR. CHRISTIAN COINTAT, SENATOR, PRESIDENT OF THE ANTARCTIC AND ARTIC STUDY GROUP II. OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR IN FRANCE BY MR. CHRISTIAN PONCELET, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE III. THEMATIC DEBATE-THE POLES: INDICATORS AND EVIDENCE FOR MANKIND A. MS. NELLY OLIN, MINISTER OF ECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT B. MS. VALERIE MASSON-DELMOTTE, CLIMATOLOGIST, CEA C. MR. YVON LE MAHO, BIOLOGIST, CNRS D. MS. JOELLE ROBERT-LAMBLIN, ANTHROPOLOGIST, CNRS E. DEBATE IV. CLOSING SPEECHES A. MR. FRAN〈;:OIS GOULARD, MINISTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH B. HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO APPENDICES APPENDIX 1: DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY MS. VALERIE MASSONDELMOTTE, CLIMATOLOGIST - CEA APPENDIX 2: DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY MS. JOELLE ROBERTLAMBLIN, ANTHROPOLOGIST - CNRS APPENDIX 3: DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY MR. YVON LE MAHO, BIOLOGIST- CNRS

Note: Zugl.: Bremen, Univ., Diss., 2006 , Richtiger Name des Verf.: Nicolaus, Marcel