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Note: Zugleich: Dissertation, Freie Unversität Berlin, [ca. 1963] , INHALTSVERZEICHNIS PROBLEMSTELLUNG UND ZIELSETZUNG 1. BEMERKUNGEN ZUM BEOBACHTUNGSGELÄNDE UND ZUM BEOBACHTUNGSMATERIAL 1.1 Das Beobachtungsgelände 1.2 Das Beobachtungsmaterial 2. HOMOGENITÄTSBETRACHTUNGEN 2.1 Temperatur 2.2 Niederschlag 2.3 Wind 2.4 Sonnenschein und Bewölkung 3. TEMPERATURVERHÄLTNISSE 3.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 3.2 Tageswerte 3.3 Pentadenwerte 3.4 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 3.5 Interdiurne Veränderlichkeit 3.6 Der tägliche Gang 3.7 Vorkommen bestimmter Schwellenwerte 3.71 Frost- und Eistage 3.72 Sommer- und Tropentage 4. DER WASSERGEHALT DER LUFT 4.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 4.2 Tageswerte 4.3 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 4.4 Interdiurne Veränderlichkeit 4.5 Der tägliche Gang 5. BEWÖLKUNGSVERHÄLTNISSE 5.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 5.2 Tageswerte 5.3 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 5.4 Der tägliche Gang 5.5 Heitere und trübe Tage 5.6 Nebel 6. SONNENSCHEIN 6.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 6.2 Tageswerte 6.3 Der tägliche Gang 7. NIEDERSCHLAGSVERHÄLTNISSE 7.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 7.2 Niederschlagsbereitschaft 7.3 Tageswerte 7.4 Der tägliche Gang 7.5 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 7.6 Niederschlags- und Trockenperioden 7.7 Niederschlag und Wind· 7.8 Schneeverhältnisse 7.81 Schneefall und Schneedecke 7.82 Schneehöhe 7.9 Gewitter 8. WINDVERHÄLTNISSE 8.1 Windrichtung 8.2 Windgeschwindigkeit 8.21 Der jährliche Gang 8.22 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 8.23 Sturmtage und Windstillen 8.24 Der tägliche Gang 9.ZUSAMMENFASSUNG VERZEICHNIS DER TEXTTABELLEN VERZEICHNIS DER ABBILDUNGEN LITERATURVERZEICHNIS TABELLENANHANG

Note: Zugleich: Dissertation, Freie Unversität Berlin, [ca. 1963] , INHALTSVERZEICHNIS PROBLEMSTELLUNG UND ZIELSETZUNG 1. BEMERKUNGEN ZUM BEOBACHTUNGSGELÄNDE UND ZUM BEOBACHTUNGSMATERIAL 1.1 Das Beobachtungsgelände 1.2 Das Beobachtungsmaterial 2. HOMOGENITÄTSBETRACHTUNGEN 2.1 Temperatur 2.2 Niederschlag 2.3 Wind 2.4 Sonnenschein und Bewölkung 3. TEMPERATURVERHÄLTNISSE 3.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 3.2 Tageswerte 3.3 Pentadenwerte 3.4 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 3.5 Interdiurne Veränderlichkeit 3.6 Der tägliche Gang 3.7 Vorkommen bestimmter Schwellenwerte 3.71 Frost- und Eistage 3.72 Sommer- und Tropentage 4. DER WASSERGEHALT DER LUFT 4.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 4.2 Tageswerte 4.3 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 4.4 Interdiurne Veränderlichkeit 4.5 Der tägliche Gang 5. BEWÖLKUNGSVERHÄLTNISSE 5.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 5.2 Tageswerte 5.3 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 5.4 Der tägliche Gang 5.5 Heitere und trübe Tage 5.6 Nebel 6. SONNENSCHEIN 6.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 6.2 Tageswerte 6.3 Der tägliche Gang 7. NIEDERSCHLAGSVERHÄLTNISSE 7.1 Monats- und Jahreswerte 7.2 Niederschlagsbereitschaft 7.3 Tageswerte 7.4 Der tägliche Gang 7.5 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 7.6 Niederschlags- und Trockenperioden 7.7 Niederschlag und Wind· 7.8 Schneeverhältnisse 7.81 Schneefall und Schneedecke 7.82 Schneehöhe 7.9 Gewitter 8. WINDVERHÄLTNISSE 8.1 Windrichtung 8.2 Windgeschwindigkeit 8.21 Der jährliche Gang 8.22 Häufigkeitsbetrachtungen 8.23 Sturmtage und Windstillen 8.24 Der tägliche Gang 9.ZUSAMMENFASSUNG VERZEICHNIS DER TEXTTABELLEN VERZEICHNIS DER ABBILDUNGEN LITERATURVERZEICHNIS TABELLENANHANG

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Note: CONTENTS Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1.1 Boundaries of the Arctic 1.2 Main Geographical Factors Shaping the Climate 2. Atmospheric Circulation 2.1 Development of Views on Atmospheric Circulation in the Arctic 2.2 Large-scale Atmospheric Circulation 2.3 Synoptic-scale Circulation 2.4 Winds 2.5 Local Circulation and Mesoscale Disturbances 3. Radiation Conditions 3.1 Sunshine Duration 3.2 Global Solar Radiation 3.3 Short-wave Net Radiation 3.4 Long-wave Net Radiation 3.5 Net Radiation and Other Elements of the Heat Balance 4. Air Temperature 4.1 Mean Monthly, Seasonal, and Annual Air Temperature 4.2 Mean and Absolute Extreme Air Temperatures 4.3 Temperature Inversions 5. Cloudiness 5.1 The Annual Cycle 5.2 Spatial Patterns 5.3 Fog 6. Air Humidity 6.1 Water Vapour Pressure 6.2 Relative Humidity 7. Atmospheric Precipitation and Snow Cover 7.1 Atmospheric Precipitation 7.2 Number of Days with Precipitation 7.3 Snow Cover 8. Air Pollution 9. Climatic Regions 9.1 The Atlantic Region 9.2 The Siberian Region 9.3 The Pacific Region 9.4 The Canadian Region 9.5 The Baffin Bay Region 9.6 The Greenland Region 9.7 The Interior Arctic Region 10. Climatic Change and Variability in the Holocene 10.1 Period 10-11 ka-l ka BP 10.2 Period 1 ka-O.l ka BP 10.3 Period 0.1 ka-Present 11. Scenarios of the Arctic Climate in the 21st Century 11.1 Model Simulations of the Present-day Arctic Climate 11.2 Scenarios of the Arctic Climate in the 21st Century References Copyright Acknowledgements Index

Note: Contents List of contributors Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Polar lows and other mesoscale lows in the polar regions 1.2 A brief historical review 1.3 Definition 1.4 Nomenclature 1.5 Classification 1.6 Cloud signatures 2 Climatology 2.1 The Arctic 2.2 The Antarctic 3 Observational studies 3.1 The Arctic 3.2 The Antarctic 4 Theoretical investigations 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Baroclinic instability 4.3 Barotropic instability 4.4 Potential vorticity thinking 4.5 The role of thermal instability in polar low formation and maintenance 4.6 Further theoretical considerations 4.7 Summary and concluding remarks 5 Numerical Simulation 5.1 The Arctic 5.2 The Antarctic 6 Forecasting of polar lows 6.1 Aspects common to both polar regions 6.2 Aspects of forecasting specific to the Arctic 6.3 Aspects of forecasting specific to the Antarctic 6.4 Future work required to improve forecasts 7 Conclusions and future research needs 7.1 The spatial distribution of polar lows and other high latitude mesoscale vortices 7.2 Possible climatic effects of polar lows 7.3 Observational and modelling studies 7.4 Formation and development mechanisms 7.5 Forecasting of polar lows 7.6 Final thoughts References Index

Note: Contents Preface Part 1 Mathematical tools M 1 Algebra of vectors M 1.1 Basic concepts and definitions M 1.2 Reference frames M 1.3 Vector multiplication M 1.4 Reciprocal coordinate systems M 1.5 Vector representations M 1.6 Products of vectors in general coordinate systems M 1.7 Problems M 2 Vector functions M 2.1 Basic definitions and operations M 2.2 Special dyadics M 2.3 Principal-axis transformation of symmetric tensors M 2.4 Invariants of a dyadic M 2.5 Tensor algebra M 2.6 Problems M 3 Differential relations M 3.1 Differentiation of extensive functions M 3.2 The Hamilton operator in generalized coordinate systems M 3.3 The spatial derivative of the basis vectors M 3.4 Differential invariants in generalized coordinate systems M 3.5 Additional applications M 3.6 Problems M 4 Coordinate transformations M 4.1 Transformation relations of time-independent coordinate systems M 4.2 Transformation relations of time-dependent coordinate systems M 4.3 Problems M 5 The method of covariant differentiation M 5.1 Spatial differentiation of vectors and dyadics M 5.2 Time differentiation of vectors and dyadics M 5.3 The local dyadic of vP M 5.4 Problems M 6 Integral operations M 6.1 Curves, surfaces, and volumes in the general qi system M 6.2 Line integrals, surface integrals, and volume integrals M 6.3 Integral theorems M 6.4 Fluid lines, surfaces, and volumes M 6.5 Time differentiation of fluid integrals M 6.6 The general form of the budget equation M 6.7 Gauss' theorem and the Dirac delta function M 6.8 Solution of Poisson's differential equation M 6.9 Appendix: Remarks on Euclidian and Riemannian spaces M 6.10 Problems M 7 Introduction to the concepts of nonlinear dynamics M 7.1 One-dimensional flow M 7.2 Two-dimensional flow Part 2 Dynamics of the atmosphere 1 The laws of atmospheric motion 1.1 The equation of absolute motion 1.2 The energy budget in the absolute reference system 1.3 The geographical coordinate system 1.4 The equation of relative motion 1.5 The energy budget of the general relative system 1.6 The decomposition of the equation of motion 1.7 Problems 2 Scale analysis 2.1 An outline of the method 2.2 Practical formulation of the dimensionless flow numbers 2.3 Scale analysis of large-scale frictionless motion 2.4 The geostrophic wind and the Euier wind 2.5 The equation of motion on a tangential plane 2.6 Problems 3 The material and the local description of flow 3.1 The description of Lagrange 3.2 Lagrange's version of the continuity equation 3.3 An example of the use of Lagrangian coordinates 3.4 The local description of Euler 3.5 Transformation from the Eulerian to the Lagrangian system 3.6 Problems 4 Atmospheric flow fields 4.1 The velocity dyadic 4.2 The deformation of the continuum 4.3 Individual changes with time of geometric fluid configurations 4.4 Problems 5 The Navier-Stokes stress tensor 5.1 The general stress tensor 5.2 Equilibrium conditions in the stress field 5.3 Symmetry of the stress tensor 5.4 The frictional stress tensor and the deformation dyadic 5.5 Problems 6 The Helmholtz theorem 6.1 The three-dimensional Helmholtz theorem 6.2 The two-dimensional Helmholtz theorem 6.3 Problems 7 Kinematics of two-dimensional flow 7.1 Atmospheric flow fields 7.2 Two-dimensional streamlines and normals 7.3 Streamlines in a drifting coordinate system 7.4 Problems 8 Natural coordinates 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Differential definitions of the coordinate lines 8.3 Metric relationships 8.4 Blaton's equation 8.5 Individual and local time derivatives of the velocity 8.6 Differential invariants 8.7 The equation of motion for frictionless horizontal flow 8.8 The gradient wind relation 8.9 Problems 9 Boundary surfaces and boundary conditions 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Differential operations at discontinuity surfaces 9.3 Particle invariance at boundary surfaces, displacement velocities 9.4 The kinematic boundary-surface condition 9.5 The dynamic boundary-surface condition 9.6 The zeroth-order discontinuity surface 9.7 An example of a first-order discontinuity surface 9.8 Problems 10 Circulation and vorticity theorems 10.1 ErteFs form of the continuity equation 10.2 The baroclinic Weber transformation 10.3 The baroclinic Ertel-Rossby invariant 10.4 Circulation and vorticity theorems for frictionless baroclinic flow 10.5 Circulation and vorticity theorems for frictionless barotropic flow 10.6 Problems 11 Turbulent systems 11.1 Simple averages and fluctuations 11.2 Weighted averages and fluctuations 11.3 Averaging the individual time derivative and the budget operator 11.4 Integral means 11.5 Budget equations of the turbulent system 11.6 The energy budget of the turbulent system 11.7 Diagnostic and prognostic equations of turbulent systems 11.8 Production of entropy in the microturbulent system 11.9 Problems 12 An excursion into spectral turbulence theory 12.1 Fourier Representation of the continuity equation and the equation of motion 12.2 The budget equation for the amplitude of the kinetic energy 12.3 Isotropie conditions, the transition to the continuous wavenumber space 12.4 The Heisenberg spectrum 12.5 Relations for the Heisenberg exchange coefficient 12.6 A prognostic equation for the exchange coefficient 12.7 Concluding remarks on closure procedures 12.8 Problems 13 The atmospheric boundary layer 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Prandtl-layer theory 13.3 The Monin-Obukhov similarity theory of the neutral Prandtl layer 13.4 The Monin-Obukhov similarity theory of the diabatic Prandtl layer 13.5 Application of the Prandtl-layer theory in numerical prognostic models 13.6 The fluxes, the dissipation of energy, and the exchange coefficients 13.7 The interface condition at the earth's surface 13.8 The Ekman layer - the classical approach 13.9 The composite Ekman layer 13.10 Ekman pumping 13.11 Appendix A: Dimensional analysis 13.12 Appendix B: The mixing length 13.13 Problems 14 Wave motion in the atmosphere 14.1 The representation of waves 14.2 The group velocity 14.3 Perturbation theory 14.4 Pure sound waves 14.5 Sound waves and gravity waves 14.6 Lamb waves 14.7 Lee waves 14.8 Propagation of energy 14.9 External gravity waves 14.10 Internal gravity waves 14.11 Nonlinear waves in the atmosphere 14.12 Problems 15 The barotropic model 15.1 The basic assumptions of the barotropic model 15.2 The tinfiltered barotropic prediction model 15.3 The filtered barotropic model 15.4 Barotropic instability 15.5 The mechanism of barotropic development 15.6 Appendix 15.7 Problems 16 Rossby waves 16.1 One-and two-dimensional Rossby waves 16.2 Three-dimensional Rossby waves 16.3 Normal-mode considerations 16.4 Energy transport by Rossby waves 16.5 The influence of friction on the stationary Rossby wave 16.6 Barotropic equatorial waves 16.7 The principle of geostrophic adjustment 16.8 Appendix 16.9 Problems 17 Inertial and dynamic stability 17.1 Inertial motion in a horizontally homogeneous pressure field 17.2 Inertial motion in a homogeneous geostrophic wind field 17.3 Inertial motion in a geostrophic shear wind field 17.4 Derivation of the stability criteria in the geostrophic wind field 17.5 Sectorial stability and instability 17.6 Sectorial stability for normal atmospheric conditions 17.7 Sectorial stability and instability with permanent adaptation 17.8 Problems 18 The equation of motion in general coordinate systems 18.1 Introduction 18.2 The covariant equation of motion in general coordinate systems 18.3 The contravariant equation of motion in general 18.4 The equation of motion in orthogonal coordinate systems 18.5 Lagrange's equation of motion 18.6 Hamilton's equation of motion 18.7 Appendix 18.8 Problems 19 The geographical coordinate systems 19.1 The equation of motion 19.2 Application of Lagrange's equation of motion 19.3 The first metric simplification 19.4 The coordinate simplification 19.5 The continuity equation 19.6 Problems 20 The stereographic coordinate system 20.1 The stereographic projection 20.2 Metric forms in stereographic coordinates 20.

Note: Contents Volume 5 RADAR MST and ST Radars and Wind Profilers / R.F. Woodman Precipitation Radar / S.E. Yuter Synthetic Aperture Radar (Land Surface Applications) / R.K. Vincent RADIATION (SOLAR) / Q. Fu RADIATIVE TRANSFER Absorption and Thermal Emission / R. Goody, H. Hu Cloud-Radiative Processes / Q. Fu Non-Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium / F.W. Taylor, M. Lopez-Puertas Scattering / M. Mishchenko, L. Travis, A. Lacis RADIOACTIVITY Cosmogenic Radionuclides / D. Lal RADIOSONDES / W.F. Dabberdt, R. Shellhorn, H. Cole, A. Paukkunen, J. Horhammer, V. Antikainen RAINBOWS (See OPTICS, ATMOSPHERIC: Optical Phenomena) REFLECTANCE AND ALBEDO, SURFACE / J.A. Coakley ROSSBY WAVES / P.B. Rhines SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING Aerosol Measurements / Y.J. Kaufman, D. Tanre Cloud Properties / P. Yang, B.A. Baum GPS Meteorology / S.B. Healy Precipitation / Guosheng Liu Surface Wind / W.T. Liu Temperature Soundings / A. Dudhia TOMS Ozone / R.S. Stolarski, R.D. McPeters Water Vapor / J.E. Harries Wind, Middle Atmosphere / P.B. Hays, W.R. Skinner SATELLITES Orbits / S.Q. Kidder Research (Atmospheric Science) / M.D. King, D.D. Herring SEA ICE / W.F. Weeks SEVERE STORMS / C.A. Doswell III SNOW (SURFACE) / M. Sturm SOLAR TERRESTRIAL INTERACTIONS / J.D. Haigh SOLAR WINDS / S.T. Suess, B.T. Tsurutani SOLITARY WAVES / J.P. Boyd SOOT / P. Chylek, S.G. Jennings, R. Pinnick SPECTRAL MODELS / F. Baer STANDARD ATMOSPHERE / W.W. Vaughan STATIC STABILITY / J.A. Young STATIONARY WAVES (OROGRAPHIC AND THERMALLY FORCED) / S. Nigam, E. De Weaver STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE EXCHANGE Global Aspects / J.R. Holton Local Processes / J.F. Lamarque, P. Hess STRATOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND COMPOSITION Overview / J.A. Pyle Halogen Sources, Anthropogenic / A. McCulloch, P.M. Midgley Halogen Sources, Natural / J.H. Butler Halogens / D. Toohey HOx / T.F. Hanisco Hydrogen Budget / J.E. Harries Hydroxyl Radical / D.E. Heard Reactive Nitrogen (NOx and NOy) / Y. Kondo STRATOSPHERIC OZONE RECOVERY / D.J. Hofmann STRATOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR / J.E. Harries SURFACE LAYER MEASUREMENTS OF TURBULENCE / N.O. Jensen SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY Forecasting / D. Mansfield Weather Maps / R. Reynolds

Note: Contents Foreword / Jim Rose Preface / Alan R. Gillespie, Stephen C. Porter and Brian F. Atwater The southern Laurentide Ice Sheet / David M. Mickelson and Patrick M. Colgan The Cordilleran Ice Sheet / Derek B. Booth, Kathy Goetz Troost, John J. Clague and Richard B. Waitt Controls, history, outbursts, and impact of large late-Quaternary proglacial lakes in North America / James T. Teller Pleistocene glaciations of the Rocky Mountains / Kenneth L. Pierce Quaternary alpine glaciation in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, Sierra Nevada, and Hawaii / Darrell S. Kaufman, Stephen C. Porter and Alan R. Gillespie Coupling ice-sheet and climate models for simulation of former ice sheets / Shawn J. Marshall, David Pollard, Steven Hostetler and Peter U. Clark Permafrost process research in the United States since 1960 / Bernard Hallet, Jaakko Putkonen, Ronald S. Sletten and Noel Potter Jr. Quaternary sea-level history of the United States / Daniel R. Muhs, John F. Wehmiller, Kathleen R. Simmons, and Linda L. York Western lakes / Larry Benson Isotopic records from ground-water and cave speleothem calcite in North America / Jay Quade Rivers and riverine landscapes / David R. Montgomery and Ellen E. Wohl Landscape evolution models / Frank J. Pazzaglia Eolian sediments / Alan J. Busacca, James E. Beget, Helaine W. Markewich, Daniel R. Muhs, Nicholas Lancaster and Mark R. Sweeney Soils and the Quaternary climate system / Milan J. Pavich and Oliver A. Chadwick Earthquake recurrence inferred from paleoseismology / Brian F. Atwater, Martitia P. Tuttle, Eugene S. Schweig, Charles M. Rubin, David K. Yamaguchi and Eileen Hemphill-Haley Quaternary volcanism in the United States / William E. Scott Late-Quaternary vegetation history of the eastern United States / Eric C. Grimm and George L. Jacobson Jr. Quaternary vegetation and climate change in the western United States: Developments, perspectives, and prospects / Robert S. Thompson, Sarah L. Shafer, Laura E. Strickland, Peter K. Van de Water and Katherine H. Anderson Results and paleoclimate implications of 35 years of paleoecological research in Alaska / Patricia M. Anderson, Mary E. Edwards and Linda B. Brubaker Quaternary history from the U.S. tropics / Sara Hotchkiss Climatically forced vegetation dynamics in eastern North America during the late Quaternary Period / Thompson Webb III, Bryan Shuman and John W. Williams Holocene fire activity as a record of past environmental change / Cathy Whitlock and Patrick J. Bartlein Interannual to decadal climate and streamflow variability estimated from tree rings / David W. Stahle, Falko K. Fye and Matthew D. Therrell Quaternary Coleoptera of the United States and Canada / Allan C. Ashworth Vertebrate paleontology / S. David Webb, Russell W. Graham, Anthony D. Barnosky, Christopher J. Bell, Richard Franz, Elizabeth A. Hadly, Ernest L. Lundelius Jr., H. Gregory McDonald, Robert A. Martin, Holmes A. Semken Jr. and David W. Steadman Peopling of North America / David J. Meltzer Modeling paleoclimates / Patrick J. Bartlein and Steven W. Hostetle

Note: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface. - A summary of key issues addressed in this document. - 1: Brief Overview of the Science on Water and Climate. - 1.1 Introduction. - 1.2 Climatic Information. - 1.2.1 Current expectations of future climate in light of uncertainties. - 1.2.2 Anticipated global climate change and water resources. - 1.2.3 Regional climate change. - 1.3 Water Resources. - 1.3.1 Why do water resources matter?. - 1.3.2 What do we know from past experiences of climate variability and change?. - 1.3.3 What do we expect for the future?. - 1.3.4 How reliable is our information?. - 1.3.5 How do we prepare for the future?. - 1.4 Impacts of Climate Change on Water-Related Extremes: Background. - 1.5 Floods. - 1.5.1 Why do floods matter?. - 1.5.2 What do we know from the past about floods?. - 1.5.3 What do we expect for the future?. - 1.5.4 What are our information needs on flow data?. - 1.5.5 How do we prepare for the future?. - 1.6 Droughts. - 1.6.1 Why do droughts matter?. - 1.6.2 What do we know from the past about droughts?. - 1.6.3 What do we expect for the future?. - 1.6.4 What are our information needs?. - 1.6.5 How do we prepare for the future?. - 1.7 Concluding Thoughts. - 2: Coping with Climate Variability and Climate Change in Water Resources. - 2.1 Introduction. - 2.2 Who are Water Managers and What do They Manage?. - 2.3 Integrated Water Resources Management as Prerequisite for Coping and Adaptation. - 2.3.1 What is IWRM?. - 2.3.2 Spatial and temporal scale issues in IWRM. - 2.3.3 IWRM in developing countries. - 2.4 Coping Strategies for Dealing with Uncertainties Associated with Climate Variability and Change. - 2.4.1 Water resources engineering. - 2.4.2 Agriculture. - 2.4.3 Climate forecasting. - 2.4.4 Indigenous coping strategies. - 2.4.5 Approaches to adapting to and coping with climate variability and change. - 2.5 Concluding Thoughts. - 3: A Conceptual Framework for Identifying ‘Hot Spots’ of Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Climate Change. - 3.1 ‘Hot Spots’: Regions of High Vulnerability. - 3.2 Identifying and Assessing Hot Spots of Water Resources Vulnerability with Respect to Climate Change. - 3.3 Related Research That Can Contribute to Hot Spot Assessment. - 3.4 Development Needed for Improved Vulnerability Assessment. - 3.5 First Steps Towards a New Framework for Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources. - 3.5.1 The suggested framework. - 3.5.2 Hot spots at different spatial and temporal scales. - 3.6 Examples of Applying the Framework. - 3.6.1 The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin. - 3.6.2 Over-abstracted aquifers in the Mediterranean. - 3.7 Concluding Thoughts. - 4: Policy Analysis and Institutional Frameworks in Climate and Water. - 4.1 Introduction. - 4.2 Evolution of a Political Framework for Water Resource Management. - 4.3 Critical Review of Present Approaches and Policy Responses with Regard to IWRM. - 4.4 Institutional Decision-Making on Water and Climate in the North and South. - 4.4.1 Data and decisions. - 4.4.2 North-South collaboration and dialogue. - 4.4.3 National and regional power structures. - 4.5 Barriers to Success in Current Practices in Water Resources Management. - 4.6 Identification of Solutions. - 4.6.1 The need for new paradigms. - 4.6.2 Economic stability and access to markets. - 4.6.3 Institutional capacity for water management. - 4.6.4 Participation in water management. - 4.6.5 Information sharing and awareness. - 4.6.6 The facilitating role of government. - 4.6.7 Co-operative agreements. - 4.7 Challenges and Recommendations. - 4.7.1 The political debate on ‘the poor’. - 4.7.2 The political debate on climate change. - 4.7.3 Institutional capacity building. - 4.8 Concluding Thoughts. - Appendix A: Summary of Findings from IPCC (2001) Reports on the Theme of Water and Climate. - A.1 Preamble. - A.2 Introduction. - A.3. Current State of Climate Change and Water Research Since the IPCC’s Second Assessment Report of 1995. - A.4 Climate Scenarios. - A.5 Climate Modelling. - A.6 Effects on the Hydrological Cycle. - A.6.1 Precipitation. - A.6.2 Evapotranspiration. - A.6.3 Soil moisture. - A.6.4 Groundwater recharge. - A.6.5 River flows. - A.6.6 Other Hydrological Responses. - A.7 Effects of Climate Change on Water Withdrawals. - A.8 Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources. - A.9 Adaptation Options and Management Implications. - Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms. - Appendix C: Glossary of Terms. - Appendix D: List of Authors and their Affiliations. - References.

Note: Contents: Preface to the eighth edition. - Acknowledgements. - 1 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY. - A The atmosphere. - B Solar energy. - C Global circulation. - D Climatology. - E Mid-latitude disturbances. - F Tropical weather. - G Palaeoclimates. - H The global climate system. - 2 ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION, MASS AND STRUCTURE. - A Composition of the atmosphere. - 1 Primary gases. - 2 Greenhouse gases. - 3 Reactive gas species. - 4 Aerosols. - 5 Variations with height. - 6 Variations with latitude and season. - 7 Variations with time. - B Mass of the atmosphere. - 1 Total pressure. - 2 Vapour pressure C The layering of the atmosphere. - 1 Troposphere. - 2 Stratosphere. - 3 Mesosphere. - 4 Thermosphere. - 5 Exosphere and magnetosphere. - 3 SOLAR RADIATION AND THE GLOBAL ENERGY BUDGET. - A Solar radiation. - 1 Solar output. - 2 Distance from the sun. - 3 Altitude of the sun. - 4 Length of day. - B Surface receipt of solar radiation and its effects. - 1 Energy transfer within the earth-atmosphere system. - 2 Effect of the atmosphere. - 3 Effect of cloud cover. - 4 Effect of latitude. - 5 Effect ofland and sea. - 6 Effect of elevation and aspect. - 7 Variation of free-air temperature with height. - C Terrestrial infra-red radiation and the greenhouse effect. - D Heat budget of the earth. - E Atmospheric energy and horizontal heat transport. - 1 The horizontal transport of heat. - 2 Spatial pattern of the heat budget components. - 4 ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE BUDGET. - A The global hydrological cycle. - B Humidity. - 1 Moisture content. - 2 Moisture transport. - C Evaporation. - D Condensation. - E Precipitation characteristics and measurement. - 1 Forms of precipitation. - 2 Precipitation characteristics. - a Rainfall intensity. - b Areal extent of a rainstorm. - c Frequency of rainstorms. - 3 The world pattern of precipitation. - 4 Regional variations in the altitudinal maximum of precipitation. - 5 Drought. - 5 ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY, CLOUD FORMATION AND PRECIPITATION PROCESSES. - A Adiabatic temperature changes. - B Condensation level. - C Air stability and instability. - D Cloud formation. - 1 Condensation nuclei. - 2 Cloud types. - 3 Global cloud cover. - E Formation of precipitation. - 1 Bergeron-Findeisen theory. - 2 Coalescence theories. - 3 Solid precipitation. - F Precipitation types. - 1 'Convective type' precipitation. - 2 'Cyclonic type' precipitation. - 3 Orographic precipitation. - G Thunderstorms. - 1 Development. - 2 Cloud electrification and lightning. - 6 ATMOSPHERIC MOTION: PRINCIPLES. - A Laws of horizontal motion. - 1 The pressure-gradient force. - 2 The earth's rotational deflective (Coriolis) force. - 3 The geostrophic wind. - 4 The centripetal acceleration. - 5 Frictional forces and the planetary boundary layer. - B Divergence, vertical motion and vorticity. - 1 Divergence. - 2 Vertical motion. - 3 Vorticity. - C Local winds. - 1 Mountain and valley winds. - 2 Land and sea breezes. - 3 Winds due to topographic barriers. - 7 PLANETARY-SCALE MOTIONS IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN. - A Variation of pressure and wind velocity with height. - 1 The vertical variation of pressure systems. - 2 Mean upper-air patterns. - 3 Upper wind conditions. - 4 Surface pressure conditions. - B The global wind belts. - 1 The trade winds. - 2 The equatorial westerlies. - 3 The mid-latitude (Ferrel) westerlies. - 4 The polar easterlies. - C The general circulation. - 1 Circulations in the vertical and horizontal planes. - 2 Variations in the circulation of the northern hemisphere. - a Zonal index variations. - b North Atlantic Oscillation. - D Ocean structure and circulation. - 1 Above the thermocline. - a Vertical. - b Horizontal. - 2 Deep ocean water interactions. - a Upwelling. - b Deep ocean circulation. - 3 The oceans and atmospheric regulation. - 8 NUMERICAL MODELS OF THE GENERAL CIRCULATION, CLIMATE AND WEATHER PREDICTION / T. N. Chase and R. G. Barry. - A Fundamentals of the GCM. - B Model simulations. - 1 GCMs. - 2 Simpler models. - 3 Regional models. - C Data sources for forecasting. - D Numerical weather prediction. - 1 Short- and medium-range forecasting. - 2 'Nowcasting'. - 3 Long-range outlooks. - 9 MID-LATITUDE SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE SYSTEMS. - A The airmass concept. - B Nature of the source area. - 1 Cold airmasses. - 2 Warm airmasses. - C Airmass modification. - 1 Mechanisms of modification. - a Thermodynamic changes. - b Dynamic changes. - 2 The results of modification: secondary airmasses. - a Cold air. - b Warm air. - 3 The age of the airmass. - D Frontogenesis. - 1 Frontal waves. - 2 The frontal-wave depression. - E Frontal characteristics. - 1 The warm front. - 2 The cold front. - 3 The occlusion. - 4 Frontal-wave families. - F Zones of wave development and frontogenesis. - G Surface/upper-air relationships and the formation of frontal cyclones. - H Non-frontal depressions. - 1 The lee cyclone. - 2 The thermal low. - 3 Polar air depressions. - 4 The cold low. - I Mesoscale convective systems. - 10 WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN MIDDLE AND HIGH LATITUDES. - A Europe. - 1 Pressure and wind conditions. - 2 Oceanicity and continentality. - 3 British airflow patterns and their climatic characteristics. - 4 Singularities and natural seasons. - 5 Synoptic anomalies. - 6 Topographic effects. - B North America. - 1 Pressure systems. - 2 The temperate west coast and Cordillera. - 3 Interior and eastern North America. - a Continental and oceanic influences. - b Warm and cold spells. - c Precipitation and the moisture balance. - C The subtropical margins. - 1 The semi-arid southwestern United States. - 2 The interior southeastern United States. - 3 The Mediterranean. - 4 North Africa. - 5 Australasia. - D High latitudes. - 1 The southern westerlies. - 2 The sub-Arctic. - 3 The polar regions. - a The Arctic. - b Antarctica. - 11 TROPICAL WEATHER AND CLIMATE. - A The intertropical convergence. - B Tropical disturbances. - 1 Wave disturbances. - 2 Cyclones. - a Hurricanes and typhoons. - b Other tropical disturbances. - 3 Tropical cloud clusters. - C The Asian monsoon. - 1 Winter. - 2 Spring. - 3 Early summer. - 4 Summer. - 5 Autumn. - D East Asian and Australian summer monsoons. - E Central and southern Africa. - 1 The African monsoon. - 2 Southern Africa. - F Amazonia. - G El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. - 1 The Pacific Ocean. - 2 Teleconnections. - H Other sources of climatic variations in the tropics. - 1 Cool ocean currents. - 2 Topographic effects. - 3 Diurnal variations. - I Forecasting tropical weather. - 1 Short- and extended-range forecasts. - 2 Long-range forecasts. - 12 BOUNDARY LAYER CLIMATES. - A Surface energy budgets. - B Non-vegetated natural surfaces. - 1 Rock and sand. - 2 Water. - 3 Snow and ice C Vegetated surfaces. - 1 Short green crops. - 2 Forests. - a Modification of energy transfers. - b Modification of airflow. - c Modification of the humidity environment. - d Modification of the thermal environment. - D Urban surfaces. - 1 Modification of atmospheric composition. - a Aerosols. - b Gases. - c Pollution distribution and impacts. - 2 Modification of the heat budget. - a Atmospheric composition. - b Urban surfaces. - c Human heat production. - d Heat islands. - 3 Modification of surface characteristics. - a Airflow. - b Moisture. - 4 Tropical urban climates. - 13 CLIMATE CHANGE. - A General considerations. - B Climate forcings and feedbacks. - 1 External forcing. - 2 Short-term forcing and feedback. - C The climatic record. - 1 The geological record. - 2 Late glacial and post-glacial conditions. - 3 The past 1000 years. - D Possible causes of recent climatic change. - 1 Circulation changes. - 2 Energy budgets. - 3 Anthropogenic factors. - E Model s

Note: Contents: Preface. - Abstracts (in the alphabetic order). - The natural environment and cryosphere of the Tatra Mountains by Bogdan Gądek. - IASC Working Group on Arctic Glaciology. - General programme.

Note: [englischer, deutscher und französischer Text]

Note: Inhalt = Content 1. Vorwort = Introduction 2. Ausgewählte Forschungsthemen = Selected research topics Wer sind die POMORen? = Who are the POMORs? / Kirsten Tuschling, Heidemarie Kassens, Vladimir Troyan, Jörn Thiede, Gerold Wefer Die deutsch-französische Polarforschungsplattform auf Spitzbergen = The French – German polar research platform on Spitsbergen / Roland Neuber, AWI, Franck Delbart, IPEV Auswirkungen der Elbeflutwelle August 2002 auf Muscheln und Fische im Wattenmeer = Health effects of the Elbe flood August 2002 on blue mussel and flounder in the German Wadden Sea / Sonja Einsporn, Katja Broeg, Angela Köhler Sylter Algenfarm: Makroalgen als Nährstoff-Filter für Fischfarmen und neues Nahrungsmittel in Deutschland = Sylt Algal Farm: Marine macroalgae as nutrient filters for fish farms and as a new food resource for Germany / Klaus Lüning, Shaojun Pang, Carsten Pape, Petra Kadel Überleben unter hochantarktischen Bedingungen, Untersuchungen an Pectiniden = Making a living in high-Antarctic waters, a study in pectinids / Daniela Storch, Olaf Heilmayer, Thomas Brey, Christian Bock, Hans-O. Pörtner, Wolf Arntz Die „süßen“ kalten Quellen der Antarktis = Antarctica‘s cold freshwater sources / Hartmut H. Hellmer Eigenschaften von Eisteilchen und ihre Auswirkung auf die Wolkenstruktur = Attributes of ice particles and their effects on the cloud structure / Ulrike Wacker, Thorsten Reinhardt Wärme für das Nordpolarmeer = Warming the Arctic Ocean / Ursula Schauer, Eberhard Fahrbach, Gerd Rohardt Stratosphärischer Ozonabbau: Das Auf und Ab in der Arktis = Stratospheric ozone destruction: the ups and downs in the Arctic / Markus Rex, Peter von der Gathen Permafrost-Küsten der Arktis – Gefrorenes Land versinkt im Meer = Permafrost coasts of the Arctic – frozen land drowns in the Sea / Volker Rachold, Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten Umweltrekonstruktionen mit Bioindikatoren in den polaren Landgebieten = Fossil remains indicate paleoenvironments in the terrestrial Arctic / Andrei Andreev, Frank Kienast, Thomas Kumke Feuer und Eis am Pol = Fire and ice at the North Pole / Wilfried Jokat Die Polarflugzeuge als wissenschaftliche Messplattform = Polar aircraft as platforms for scientific measurements / Uwe Nixdorf Variabilität des Flusseintrags in die Arktis – Natürliche Klimaschwankungen? = Variability of freshwater discharge in the Arctic – natural climate change? / Rüdiger Stein Von Tiefseekorallen über Schlammvulkane in die arktische Tiefsee – ‚Victor 6000‘ an Bord der ‚Polarstern‘ = Via deep-water corals and mud volcanoes into the Arctic deep sea – ’Victor 6000’ onboard the RV ’Polarstern’ / Michael Klages, Thomas Soltwedel Nahrungsnetze – Das Helgoland Foodweb Projekt = The Helgoland Foodweb Project / Karen Wiltshire, Maarten Boersma, Gunnar Gerdts, Reibhard Saborowski, Antje Wichels Faunenveränderung bei Helgoland = Changes in the faunal composition at Helgoland / Heinz-Dieter Franke, Lars Gutow Der antarktische Krill, ein Schlüsselorganismus im Südozean = The Antarctic krill, a key organism in the Southern Ocean / Bettina Meyer Ein Engel mit außergewöhnlicher Lipidbiochemie = An angel with exceptional lipid biochemistry / Marco Böer, Martin Graeve, Gerhard Kattner 3. Forschung = Research 3.1 Klimasystem = 3.1 Climate system 3.2 Pelagische Ökosysteme = 3.2 Pelagic ecosystems 3.3 Benthische Ökosysteme = 3.3 Benthic ecosystems 3.4 Geosysteme = 3.4 Geosystem 3.5 Projektgruppen = 3.5 Project groups 4. Logistik und Expeditionen = Logistics and operational activities 5. Nationale und internationale Zusammenarbeit = National and international cooperation 6. Informationszentrum = Information centre 7. Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit = Public relation department 8. Personelle Situation und Haushaltsentwicklung = Personal structure and budget trends 9. Veröffentlichungen, Patente = Publications, patents Anhang = Annex I. Wissenschaftliche Veranstaltungen = I. Scientific events II. Abgeschlossene Examensarbeiten = II. Completed theses and dissertations , In deutscher und englischer Sprache

Note: Urbana, Ill., USA, Univ., Diss., 2003

Note: Contents: Preface. - 1. Introduction and data manipulation. - 1.1. Why ordination?. - 1.2. Terminology. - 1.3. Types of analyses. - 1.4. Response variables. - 1.5. Explanatory variables. - 1.6. Handling missing values in data. - 1.7. Importing data from spreadsheets - WCanoImp program. - 1.8. Transformation of species data. - 1.9. Transformation of explanatory variables. - 2. Experimental design. - 2.1. Completely randomized design. - 2.2. Randomized complete blocks. - 2.3. Latin square design. - 2.4. Most frequent errors - pseudoreplications. - 2.5. Combining more than one factor. - 2.6. Following the development of objects in time - repeated observations. - 2.7. Experimental and observational data. - 3. Basics of gradient analysis. - 3.1. Techniques of gradient analysis. - 3.2. Models of species response to environmental gradients. - 3.3. Estimating species optima by the weighted averaging method. - 3.4. Calibration. - 3.5. Ordination. - 3.6. Constrained ordination. - 3.7. Basic ordination techniques. - 3.8. Ordination diagrams. - 3.9. Two approaches. - 3.10. Testing significance of the relation with environmental variables. - 3.11. Monte Carlo permutation tests for the significance of regression. - 4. Using the Canoco for Windows 4.5 package. - 4.1. Overview of the package. - 4.2. Typical flow-chart of data analysis with Canoco for Windows. - 4.3. Deciding on the ordination method: unimodal or linear?. - 4.4. PCA or RDA ordination: centring and standardizing. - 4.5. DCA ordination: detrending. - 4.6. Scaling of ordination scores. - 4.7. Running CanoDraw for Windows 4.0. - 4.8. New analyses providing new views of our data sets. - 5. Constrained ordination and permutation tests. - 5.1. Linear multiple regression model. - 5.2. Constrained ordination model. - 5.3. RDA: constrained PCA. - 5.4. Monte Carlo permutation test: an introduction. - 5.5. Null hypothesis model. - 5.6. Test statistics. - 5.7. Spatial and temporal constraints. - 5.8. Split-plot constraints. - 5.9. Stepwise selection of the model. - 5.10. Variance partitioning procedure. - 6. Similarity measures. - 6.1. Similarity measures for presence-absence data. - 6.2. Similarity measures for quantitative data. - 6.3. Similarity of samples versus similarity of communities. - 6.4. Principal coordinates analysis. - 6.5. Non-metric multidimensional scaling. - 6.6. Constrained principal coordinates analysis (db-RDA). - 6.7. Mantel test. - 7. Classification methods. - 7.1. Sample data set. - 7.2. Non-hierarchical classification (K-means clustering). - 7.3. Hierarchical classifications. - 7.4. TWINSPAN. - 8. Regression methods . - 8.1. Regression models in general. - 8.2. General linear model: terms. - 8.3. Generalized linear models (GLM). - 8.4. Loess smoother. - 8.5. Generalized additive models (GAM). - 8.6. Classification and regression trees. - 8.7. Modelling species response curves with CanoDraw. - 9. Advanced use of ordination. - 9.1. Testing the significance of individual constrained ordination axes. - 9.2. Hierarchical analysis of community variation. - 9.3. Principal response curves (PRC) method. - 9.4. Linear discriminant analysis. - 10. Visualizing multivariate data. - 10.1. What we can infer from ordination diagrams: linear methods. - 10.2. What we can infer from ordination diagrams: unimodal methods. - 10.3. Visualizing ordination results with statistical models. - 10.4. Ordination diagnostics. - 10.5. t-value biplot interpretation. - 11. Case study 1: Variation in forest bird assemblages. - 11.1. Data manipulation. - 11.2. Deciding between linear and unimodal ordination. - 11.3. Indirect analysis: portraying variation in bird community. - 11.4. Direct gradient analysis: effect of altitude. - 11.5.Direct gradient analysis: additional effect of other habitat characteristics. - 12. Case study 2: Search for community composition patterns and their environmental correlates: vegetation of spring meadows. - 12.1. The unconstrained ordination. - 12.2. Constrained ordinations. - 12.3. Classification. - 12.4. Suggestions for additional analyses. - 13. Case study 3: Separating the effects of explanatory variables. - 13.1. Introduction. - 13.2. Data. - 13.3. Data analysis. - 14. Case study 4: Evaluation of experiments in randomized complete blocks. - 14.1. Introduction. - 14.2. Data. - 14.3. Data analysis. - 15. Case study 5: Analysis of repeated observations of species composition from a factorial experiment. - 15.1. Introduction. - 15.2. Experimental design. - 15.3. Sampling. - 15.4. Data analysis. - 15.5. Univariate analyses. - 15.6. Constrained ordinations. - 15.7. Further use of ordination results. - 15.8. Principal response curves. - 16. Case study 6: Hierarchical analysis of crayfish community variation. - 16.1. Data and design. - 16.2. Differences among sampling locations. - 16.3. Hierarchical decomposition'of community variation. - 17. Case study 7: Differentiating two species and their hybrids with discriminant analysis. - 17.1. Data. - 17.2. Stepwise selection of discriminating variables. - 17.3. Adjusting the discriminating variables. - 17.4. Displaying results. - Appendix A: Sample datasets and projects. - Appendix B: Vocabulary. - Appendix C: Overview of available software. - References. - Index.

Note: Contents: 1 Background. - 2 Processing overview. - 2.1 AAPP. - 2.2 BUFR and CMA. - 2.3 Cloud mask and thinning in HIRLAM 3D-VAR. - 2.4 Radiative transfer calculations. - 2.5 Data selection. - 3 Bias correction and error statistics. - 3.1 The need for bias correction. - 3.2 Bias correction method. - 3.3 Background errors in observation space. - 3.4 Estimation of observation error covariance statistics. - 3.4.1 Rotated channels. - 3.4.2 Estimation from analysis departures (DNMI). - 3.4.3 Non-diagonal cost contributions. - 3.4.4 Approach using comparison with background error (SMHI). - 4 Impact studies. - 4.1 Overview. - 4.2 The May 2001 impact study at DNMI. - 4.3 December 1999 SMHI experiment. - 4.3.1 Data coverage and model area. - 4.3.2 Verification. - 4.3.3 Results. - 4.3.4 The "French storm". - 4.4 December 2001 NOAA 16 impact study at DMI. - 4.5 January 2002 NOAA 16 impact study at DMI. - 5 Ongoing and future work. - 5.1 Overview. - 5.2 Use of observations over ice. - 5.3 Moisture channels. - 5.4 Future sensors. - 6 Conclusions and outlook for the future. - Acknowledgment. - References.

Note: Contents Overview Introduction 1 The Canadian Forest 2 Early Forest Use 3 Industrialization of the Forests 4 The Rise of Forest Conservation 5 Sustainable Forest Management Conclusion Sources Further Reading Index

Note: CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SUMMARY DATA 2.1 SUMMARY TABLE (NET BALANCE, ELA, ELA0, AAR, AAR0) 2.2 CUMULATIVE SPECIFIC NET BALANCE GRAPHS 3. EXTENSIVE INFORMATION 3.1 WHITE (CANADA) 3.1.1 Topography and observational network 3.1.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.1.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.1.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.2 PEYTO (CANADA) 3.2.1 Topography and observational network 3.2.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.2.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.2.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.3 ZONGO (BOLIVIA) 3.3.1 Topography and observational network 3.3.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.3.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.3.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.4 WALDEMARBREEN (NORWAY/SVALBARD) 3.4.1 Topography and observational network 3.4.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.4.3 Net balance altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.4.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.5 NIGARDSBREEN (NORWAY) 3.5.1 Topography and observational network 3.5.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.5.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.5.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.6 STORGLACIÄREN (SWEDEN) 3.6.1 Topography and observational network 3.6.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.6.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.6.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.7 VERNAGTFERNER (AUSTRIA) 3.7.1 Topography and observational network 3.7.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.7.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.7.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.8 DJANKUAT (RUSSIA) 57 3.8.1 Topography and observational network 3.8.2 Net balance map 2000/2001 3.8.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.8.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.9 TSENTRALNIY TUYUKSUYSKIY (KAZAKHSTAN) 3.9.1 Topography and observational network 3.9.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.9.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.9.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.10 MALIYAKTRU (RUSSIA) 3.10.1 Topography and observational network 3.10.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.10.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.10.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 3.11 URUMQIHE S. NO. 1 (CHINA) 3.11.1 Topography and observational network 3.11.2 Net balance maps 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 3.11.3 Net balance versus altitude (1999/2000 and 2000/2001) 3.11.4 Accumulation area ratio (AAR) and equilibrium line altitude (ELA) versus specific net balance for the whole observation period 4. FINAL REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 5. PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND NATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS 5.1 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS 5.2 NATIONAL CORRESPONDENTS OF WGMS

Note: Contents: Introduction. - Testate amoebae. - Reproduction. - Locomotion and food capture. - Food. - Habitat. - Importance and role of testates in soil. - A note on the use of the identification guide. - References and selected bibliography. - Acknowledgements. - List of Testate amoebae species and numbers (1 to 90) used in the illustrated identification guide. - Illustrated guide to Testate Amoebae. - Index to Genera and Species.

Note: Contents Volume 4 NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS / G.E. Thomas NORTH ATLANTIC AND ARCTIC OSCILLATION (See CLIMATE VARIABILITY: North Atlantic and Arctic Oscillation) NUMERICAL MODELS Chemistry Models / M.P. Chipperfield Methods / J. Thuburn OBSERVATION PLATFORMS Balloons / J.-P. Pommereau Buoys / J.M. Hemsley Kites / B.B. Balsley Rockets / M.F. Larsen OBSERVATIONS FOR CHEMISTRY (IN SITU) Chemiluminescent Techniques / C.A. Cantrell Gas Chromatography / A.C. Lewis Ozone Sondes / H.G.J. Smit Particles / T. Deshler Resonance Fluorescence / L.M. Avallone Water Vapor Sondes / E. Weinstock, E. Hintsa OBSERVATIONS FOR CHEMISTRY (REMOTE SENSING) IR/FIR / H. Fischer, F. Hase Lidar / G- Vaughan Microwave / J. Waters OCEAN CIRCULATION General Processes / N.C. Wells Surface-Wind-Driven Circulation / P. Bogden, C.A. Edwards Thermohaline Circulation / J.R. Toggweiler, R.M..Key Water Types and Water Masses / W.J. Emery OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGY / J.V. Cortinas Jr, W. Blier OPTICS, ATMOSPHERIC Airglow Instrumentation / M. Conde Optical Phenomena / S.D. Gedzelman Optical Remote Sensing Instruments / G.G. Shepherd OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS Lee Cyclogenesis / C. Schär Mountain Waves and Stratospheric Chemistry / K.S. Carslaw OZONE (See also SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING: TOMS Ozone) OZONE Ozone as a UV Filter / J.E. Frederick Ozone Depletion / J.A. Pyle Ozone Depletion Potentials / D.J. Wuebbles Photochemistry of Ozone / A.R. Ravishankara Role in Climate / P. Forster Surface Ozone (Human Health) / M. Lippmann Surface Ozone Effects on Vegetation / M.R. Ashmore PALEOCLIMATOLOGY Ice Cores / E.J. Steig Varves / A. Weinheimer, F. Biondi PALMER DROUGHT INDEX / L.C. Nkemdirim PARAMETERIZATION OF PHYSICAL PROCESSES Clouds / C. Jakob, M. Miller Gravity Wave Fluxes / M.J. Alexander Turbulence and Mixing / A. Beljaars PERMAFROST / T.E. Osterkamp, C.R. Burn PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES (See also EVOLUTION OF ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; EVOLUTION OF EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE) PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES Jupiter and the Outer Planets / A.P. Showman Mars / R.M. Haberle Venus / P.J. Gierasch, Y.L. Yung POLAR LOWS / I.A. Renfrew POLAR THERMOSPHERE / A.G. Burns, T.L. Killeen PREDICTABILITY AND CHAOS / L.A. Smith QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC THEORY / H.C. Davies, H. Wernli RADAR Cloud Radar / T. Uttal Doppler Radar / R.J. Doviak, M.E. Frazier Doviak Incoherent Scatter Radar / M.P. Sulzer Meteor Radar / N.J. Mitchell

Note: Contents: List of Figures. - List of Plates. - List of Tables. - List of Contributors. - 1. Tectonics and geology / Nikolay Koronovsky. - 2. Climatic change and the development of landscapes / Andrey Velichko and Irina Spasskaya. - 3. Climate at the present and in the historical past / Maria Shahgedanova. - 4. Soils / Igor Zamotaev. - 5. Rivers, lakes, inland seas, and wetlands / Nikolay Koronkevich. - 6. Permafrost / Nelly Tumel. - 7. Biodiversity and productivity of ecosystems / Roman Zlotin. - 8. The arctic environments / Maria Shahgedanova and Mikhail Kuznetsov. - 9. Boreal forests / Arkady Tishkov. - 10. Mixed and deciduous forests / Leonid Serebryanny. - 11. Steppe and forest-steppe / Alexander Chibilyov. - 12. Arid environments / Elena Lioubimtseva. - 13. The mountains of Northern Russia / Maria Shahgedanova, Veniamin Perov, and Yury Mudrov. - 14. The mountains of Southern Siberia / Maria Shahgedanova, Nikolay Mikhailov, Sergey Larin, and Aleksandr Bredikhin. - 15. The Caucasus / Natalya Volodicheva. - 16. The mountains of Central Asia and Kazakhstan / Irina Merzlyakova. - 17. Lake Baikal / Anson Mackay, Roger Flower, and Liba Granina. - 18. The Far East / Andrey Ivanov. - 19. Radioactive contamination / Philip R. Pryde. - 20. Environmental impact of oil and gas development / Gregory Vilchek. - 21. Air pollution / Maria Shahgedanova. - 22. The Aral Sea / Nick Middleton. - 23. Deforestation and degradation of forests / Leonid Serebryanny and Igor Zamotaev. - 24. Nature protection and conservation / Arkady Tishkov. - List of plant names in Latin and English. - Index.

Note: CONTENTS: Introduction and general report from All Staff Meeting 2003 / Per Undén. - Operational HIRLAM at DMI - Status and plans for 2003 / Kristian Mogensen. - The operational HIRLAM at the Finnish Meteorological Institute / Kalle Eerola. - Operational NWP suites at Meteo-France / Dominique Giard. - HIRLAM operational activities in Met Éireann / Ray McGrath. - Operational HIRLAM at met.no / Ole Vignes. - HIRLAM at INM. News and plans / Jose Antonio Garcia-Moya. - SMHI operational HIRLAM system / Lars Meuller. - Modelisation of background error statistics in ALADIN and ARPEGE / Dominique Giard and Loïk Berre. - Optimum interpolation analysis method for snow depth / Alberto Cansado and Beatriz Navascués. - Radiation in high-resolution mesoscale models - what can be done? / Hannu Savijärvi. - Testing the modified HIRLAM radiation scheme / Laura Rontu and Simo Järvenoja. - Enhanced formulation of convective cloud cover / Bent Hansen Sass. - Ideas about the water vapour saturation pressure / Carl Fortelius. - Recent physics modifications and results with KFB / Eric Bazile et al. - Comparison of two algorithms to simulate the effect of soil moisture freezing and thawing on the energy balance / J.A. Parodi, Ernesto Rodriguez and Beatriz Navascués. - Characteristics of CBR and STRACO versions / Sander Tijm. - Representing subgrid scale mixing under stable conditions: Importance for overall model synoptic development / Colin Jones, Geert Lenderink and Karl-Ivar Ivarsson. - Sensitivity and robustness of transparent boundary conditions / Aidan McDonald. - Re-arranging the HIRLAM boundary relaxation treatment / Aidan McDonald. - Testing of the MC2 boundary treatment in HIRLAM / Simo Järvenoja. - Experiences from pre-operational HIRLAM 5.1.4 tests at FMI / Simo Järvenoja. - A recent study on the initialization procedure in HIRLAM / Xiaohua Yang and Xiang-Yu Huang. - MLAM- MARS HIRLAM / Simo Järvenoja. - Forecasting snow with HIRLAM 5.2 / Viel Ødegaard. - The flood of Feb 1, 1953 and HIRLAM / Toon Moene. - HIRLAM verification scores, 1st quarter 2003 / Per Undén. - Reference system status / Gerard Cats.

Note: Contents: Polar sciences and global environmental changes / Byong-Kwon Park. - The sun earth connection: thermodynamics of the terrestrial atmosphere during geo-effective events / R. J. Niciejewski and Y.-I. Won. - Observations of atmospheric waves in the high-latitude / Y.-I. Won, R. J. Niciejewski, P. Espy, J.-K. Chung and Bang Yong Lee. - Malaysian Antarctic Research Program / Nasaruddin Rahman, Salleh Mohd Nor and Azizan Abu Samah. - Compositional variation in pyrochlore from the Sokoli Phoscorite-Carbonatite complex, Kola Peninsula, Arctic / Mi Jung Lee, C. Terry Williams, Jong Ik Lee, and Yeadong Kim. - U-Th-Pb electron microprobe datings on the Rayner complex, East Antarctica / Yoichi Motoyoshi, Tomokazu Hokada and Kazuyuki Shiraishi. - Geochemical variation during hydrothermal alteration of basaltic andesite at Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica / Soon Do Hur, Jong Ik Lee and Jeong Hwang. - The paleocene-eocene volcanic succession in the Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica: Lithofacies, eruption styles and depositional processes / Seung Bum Kim, Young Kwan Shon and Moon Young Choe. - Holocene paleoclimate in Antarctic Lake Langer (King George Island) / B. K. Khim, K. Lee, H. I. Yoon and C. Y. Kang. - Holocene paleoceanography and paleoclimate of the West Spitsbergen Area, Euro-Arctic margin / Morten Hald, Hanne Ebbesen, Matthias Forwick, Sergei Korsun, Tore O. Vorren, Liza Khomenko, and Fred Godtliebsen. - Origins and paleoceanographic significance of layered diatom ooze interval from the Bransfield Strait in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula around 2500 yrs BP / Ho Il Yoon, Byong-Kwon Park, Yeadong Kim, Cheon Yun kang and Sung-Ho Kang. - A record of holocene environmental changes in terrestrial sedimentary deposits on King George Island, Antarctica / A. Tatur, R. del Valle, A. Barczuk, J. Martinez-Macchiavello. - Geochemistry of soils of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica: Implications for pedogenesis in cold polar regions / Yong Il Lee, Hyoun Soo Lim, and Ho Il Yoon. - Seafloor structure around the epicenter of the Great Antarctic Plate earthquake / Yoshifumi Nogi and Kin-ichiro Koizumi. - Multidisciplinary surveys by 'structure and evolution of the East Antarctic Lithosphere': SEAL-2000, -2002 / M. Kanao, H. Miyamachi, S. Toda, H. Murakami, T. Tsutsui, T. Matsushima, M. Takada, A. Watanabe, M. Yamashita, K. Yoshii, K. Kaminuma, and SEAL Geotransect Group. - Local seismic activity around Syowa Station, East Antarctica / Katsutada Kaminuma and Masaki Kanao. - Morphological characteristics of the intersection between Phoenix Ridge and the Hero Fracture Zone / Kyu Jung Kim, Young Keun Jin, Sang Heon Nam, Joo Han Lee and Yeadong Kim. - Visual observation experiments to investigate the formation processes of globular gas hydrate / H. Shoji. - Gas hydrate BSR-derived heat flow variation on the South Shetland Continental Margin, Antarctic Peninsula / Young Keun Jin, Sang Heon Nam, Yeadong Kim, Kyu Jung Kim and Joo Han Lee. - Introduction to ice core drilling program on Amery Ice Shelf in the 2002/2003 Antarctic summer season / Yuansheng Li, Dejun Tan, Zengdi Pan, Zhaoqian Dong, Bo Sun and Jiahong Wen. - 724 M deep ice core from Akademii Nauk Ice Cap Severnaya Zemlya (Russian Arctic) - Electrical conductivity measurements and isotopic record / D. Fritzsche, R. Schütt, H. Meyer, H. Miller, and F. Wilhelms. - Introduction of the Chinese Polar Cryospheric Database System (CPCDS) / Xiang Qin, Dahe Qin and Yongjian Ding. - Natural variations in lead, cadmium, copper and zinc concentrations and their sources in Vostok Antarctic Ice from 65,000 to 240,000 years BP / Sungmin Hong, Kang Hyun Lee, Claude F. Boutron, Christophe P. Ferrari, Jean Robert Petit, Carlo Barbante, Kevin Rosman, Vladimir Y. Lipenkov. - Fluctuation of ice sheet elevation in East Antarctica since the late Pliocene / Xiaohan Liu, Ping Kong, Feixin Huang, Xiaoli Li, and Aimin Fang. - Variations of total ozone amount and erythermal ultraviolet radiation at King Sejong Station in West Antarctica / Bang Yong Lee, Hi-Ku Cho, Yun-Gon Lee and Young-In Won. - Variability of regional atmospheric circulation related with recent warming in the Antarctic Peninsula / Jeong-Soon Lee, Tae-Yong Kwon, Bang-Yong Lee, Ho Il Yoon and Jeong-Woo Kim. - The surface UV-A and erythermal UV-B radiation changes at King Sejong Station of West Antarctica / Kyu-Tae Lee, Joon-Bum Jee, Won-Hak Lee, Youn-Joung Kim, Bang Yong Lee, and Young-In Won. - Climatological characteristics of the polar ionosphere based on the Sondrestrom and Chatanika incoherent scatter radar measurements / Young-Sil Kwak and Byung-Ho Ahn. - Cloudy band and air inclusions observed in deep ice core samples from GRIP, Greenland / Kimiko Shimohara, Hitoshi Shoji and Sepp Kipfstuhl. - Geochemical trends and Milankovitch cycles within sediment from the North Atlantic Ocean / Sangmin Hyun, Naokazu Ahagon and Ho Il Yoon. - Oceanographic mechanism of regional warming in the Antarctic Peninsula / Kyu-Cheul Yoo, Ho Il Yoon, Jae-Kyung Oh, Tae-Yong Kwon and Cheon Yun Kang. - East Asian Monsoon variation during the late pleistocene to holocene: paleoclimate changes indicated by proxy records from Jeju Island, Korea / Seung Hyoun Lee, Yong Il Lee, Ho Il Yoon and Cheon Yun Kang. - Occurrence of vivianite in late pleistocene lacustrine sediments at Sogwipo, Jeju Island, Korea / Seung Hyoun Lee, Yong Il Lee, Ho Il Yoon, Cheon Yun Kang and Yaedong Kim. - Microfabric analysis of laminated diatom ooze in the holocene sediments from the eastern Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula / Jang Jun Bahk, Ho Il Yoon, Yeadong Kim, Cheon Yun Kang and Sung Ho Bae. - Late Quaternary paleoenvironment of the Saint Anna Trough, Arcitc Russia / Jae Il Lee, Yeadong Kim and Ho Il Yoon. - Formation and dissociation processes of gas hydrates composed of methane and carbon dioxide below the ice point / A. Hachikubo, K. Yamada, T. Miura, K. Hyakutake, K. Abe and H. Shoji. - Visual observations of tubular gas hydrate formation in a pressure cell with water and seafloor sediment / K. Hyakutake, O. Kitamura, S. Kataoka, A. Hachikubo, H. Shoji and L. Mazurenko. - Formation processes of massive gas hydrate in a pressure cell with water-saturated sediment conditions / O. Kitamura, S. Kataoka, K. Hyakutake, A. Hachikubo and H. Shoji. - Phase equilibrium studies on mixed gas hydrates composed of methane and carbon dioxide below the ice point / T. Miura, A. Hachikubo, K. Hyakutake, K. Abe and H. Shoji. - CP-MAS 13C-NMR study on the crystallographic structure of natural gas hydrate in the bottom of the Okhotsk Sea and Lake Baikal / M. Kida, H. Sakagami, H. Minami, Y. Numokawa, N. Takahashi, T. Matveeva, H. Shoji, S. Takeya, Y. Kamata, T. Ebinuma, H. Narita, V. Soloviev, K. Wallmann, N. Biebow, A. Obzhirov, A. Salomatin, J. Poort, O. Khlystov and M. Grachev. - Some features of gas hydrates in the sea of Okhotsk / T. Matveeva, V. Soloviev, K. Wallmann, A. Obzhirov, N. Biebow, J. Poort, A. Salomatin and H. Shoji. - High-resolution echo facies analysis of glacial-marine deposits in the Bransfield Basin, Antarctica / S. H. Yoon, H. I. Yoon and J. Howe. - Characteristics of Beach sands, King George Island, West Antarctica / Tae Jin Choi, Yong Il Lee and Ho Il Yoon. - Transition from debris flow to hyperconcentrated flow in a submarine channel (the Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, Southern Chile) / Y. K. Sohn, M. Y. Choe, and H. R. Jo. - Chemical weathering of glacial debris and volcanic ash in King George Island, Antarctica / Gi Young Jeong and Bong Ho Lee. - The cenozoic sedimentary records found in the Grove Mountains, East Antarctica and their climatic implications / Aimin Fang, Xiaohan Liu, Xiaoli Li, Jong Ik Lee, Yitai Ju and Feixin Huang. - The pollen assemblages found in the cenozoic sedimentary rocks in Grove Mountains, East Antarctica / Aimin Fang, Xiaohan Liu, Xiaoli Li, Yitai Ju and Weimin W

Note: Enthält 4 Zeitschriftenartikel , Dissertation, University of Bergen, 2003 , Contents: Introduction Paper I: Weichselian stratigraphy and glaciotectonic deformation along the lower Pechora River, Arctic Russia / Henriksen, M., Mangerud, J., Maslenikova, O., Matiouchkov, A. and Tveranger, J. Paper II: Lake stratigraphy implies an 80 000 yr delayed melting of buried dead ice in northern Russia / Henriksen, M., Mangerud, J., Matiouchkov, A., Paus, A. and Svendsen, J. I. Paper III: Late Pleistocene record from Lake Yamozero, Timian Ridge, northern Russia / Henriksen, M., Mangerud, J., Paus, A. and Svendsen, J. I. Paper IV: Ice-dammed lakes and the rerouting of the drainage of Northern Eurasia during the last glaciation / Mangerud, J., Jakobsson, M., Alexanderson, H. [und 11 weitere]

Note: Contents Introduction Taxonomic classification adopted and floristic list References Nomenclatural proposals Index of taxa

Note: Contents Acknowledgement 1 Russian-German Co-operation 2 Expedition Itinerary 2.1 Working areas 2.2 General logistics and transportation 2.3 Technical Report of the Station Samoylov 2.4 Time tables of Working group 2.4.1 Team 1 (Samoylov Island) 2.4.2 Team 2 (Arga Complex) 2.4.3 Team 3 (Bykovsky Peninsula) 2.5 Participants of expedition 2.6 Participating institutions 3 Modern Processes in Permafrost Affected Soils 3.1 Objectives 3.2 Methods and field experiments 3.3 Preliminary results 3.3.1 Recent soil studies 3.3.2 Methane emission 3.3.3 In situ studies on CH4-Fluxes 3.3.4 Permafrost and ice wedge coring 3.4 Further investigations 3.5 References 4 Biological Research in the Lena Delta 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Zooplankton from Tundra Water Basin the Lena Delta 4.3 Avifauna of northwestern Lena Delta 4.4 Genetics Diversity and Taxonomy of Artic Lemming 5 Shore Erosion and Sediment Flux from Eroded Islands 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Methods 5.3 Results 5.4 Discussion and conclusions 6 Investigation of Run Off in the Sardakh-Trofimovsky Bifurcation Point of the Lena River Delta 6.1 Objectives 6.2 Previous Research 6.3 Measurements of 2001 6.4 Conclusions 6.5 References 7 Coastal Processes and Methane Dynamics in the Northwestern Part of the Lena Delta 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Pecularities of coastal processes and shoreline dynamics of the accumulative-erosive coastal system 7.3 Bathymetric measurements 7.4 Methane-related investigations of soils and waters in the Sanga-Dzhie region 7.5 Bathymetry and biogeochemistry of Sanga-Dzhie lagoon and Sanga lake lagoon at the western coast of Arga Complex 7.6 References 8 Paleoecological and Permafrost Studies of the Ice Complex in the Laptev Sea area (Bykovsky Pensinsula) 8.1 Introduction. objectives and logistics 8.2 Methods and field measurements 8.3 Preliminary results 8.4 Further investigations 8.5 References 9 Appendix Table A3-1: Soil types of the central Lena Delta Table A3-2: Soil profiles descriptions Table A3-3: Classification of soils of Samoylov Island Table A3-4: Characteristics of soil subtypes Table A3-3 Table A3-5: List of soil and plant samples Table A3-6: List of sediment and water samples Table A3-7: List of ice wedge samples Table A3-8: List of permafrost sediment samples Table A3-9: List of gas samples Table A4-1 : List of birds and their status in the study area Table A4-2: List of trapped lemmings Table A7-1 : Water temperature vertical profiles Table A7-2: Active layer depth in the Arga region Table A7-3: Investigation sites in the Arga region Table A7-4: List of samples from Arga region Table A8-1: Description of sedimentary units and samples Table A8-2: List of macrofossil samples Table A8-3: List of sediment samples Table A8-4: Description of ice in the ice wedges transects Table A8-5: List of ice wedge samples for isotope study Table A8-6: List of mammal bones on Bykovsky Peninsula

Note: Contents: Contributors. - Preface. - Introduction and Scientific Background / J.C.R. Hunt, J. Norbury and I. Roulstone. - 1. A view of the equations of meteorological dynamics and various approximations / A. A. White. - 2. Extended-geostrophic Euler-Poincare models for mesoscale oceanographic flow / J. S. Allen, D. D. Holm and P. A. Newberger. - 3. Fast singular oscillating limits of stably-stratified 3D Euler and Navier-Stokes equations and ageostrophic wave fronts / A. Babin, A. Mahalov and B. Nicolaenko. - 4. New mathematical developments in atmosphere and ocean dynamics, and their application to computer simulations / M. J. P. Cullen. - 5. Rearrangements of functions with applications to meteorology and ideal fluid flow / R. J. Douglas. - 6. Statistical methods in atmospheric dynamics: probability metrics and discrepancy measures as a means of defining balance / S. Baigent and J. Norbury.

Note: Contents Prologue Acknowledgments List of Symbols PART I Foundations 1 INTRODUCTION: The Basic Challenge 1.1 The Climate System 1.2 Some Basic Observations 1.3 External Forcing 1.3.1 Astronomical Forcing 1.3.2 Tectonic Forcing 1.4 The Ice-Age Problem 2 TECHNIQUES FOR CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION 2.1 Historical Methods 2.1.1 Direct Quantitative Measurements 2.1.2 Descriptive Accounts of General Environmental Conditions 2.2 Surficial Biogeologic Proxy Evidence 2.2.1 Annually Layered Life Forms 2.2.2 Surface Geomorphic Evidence 2.3 Conventional Nonisotopic Stratigraphic Analyses of Sedimentary Rock and Ice 2.3.1 Physical Indicators 2.3.2 Paleobiological Indicators (Fossil Faunal Types and Abundances) 2.4 Isotopic Methods 2.4.1 Oxygen Isotopes 2.4.2 Deuterium and Beryllium in Ice Cores 2.4.3 Stable Carbon Isotopes 2.4.4 Strontium and Osmium Isotopes 2.5 Nonisotopic Geochemical Methods 2.5.1 Cadmium Analysis 2.5.2 Greenhouse Gas Analysis of Trapped Air in Ice Cores 2.5.3 Chemical and Biological Constituents and Dust Layers in Ice Cores 2.6 Dating the Proxy Evidence (Geochronometry) 3 A SURVEY OF GLOBAL PALEOCLIMATIC VARIATIONS 3.1 The Phanerozoic Eon (Past 600 My) 3.2 The Cenozoic Era (Past 65 My) 3.3 The Plio-Pleistocene (Past 5 My) 3.4 Variations during the Last Ice Age: IRD Events 3.5 The Last Glacial Maximum (20 ka) 3.6 Postglacial Changes: The Past 20 ky 3.7 The Past 100 Years 3.8 The Generalized Spectrum of Climatic Variance 3.9 A Qualitative Discussion of Causes 4 GENERAL THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS 4.1 The Fundamental Equations 4.2 Time Averaging and Stochastic Forcing 4.3 Response Times and Equilibrium 4.4 Spatial Averaging 4.5 Climatic-Mean Mass and Energy Balance Equations 4.5.1 The Water Mass Balance 4.5.2 Energy Balance 5 SPECIAL THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PALEOCLIMATE: Structuring a Dynamical Approach 5.1 A Basic Problem: Noncalculable Levels of Energy and Mass Flow 5.2 An Overall Strategy 5.3 Notational Simplifications for Resolving Total Climate Variability 5.4 A Structured Dynamical Approach 5.5 The External Forcing Function, F 5.5.1 Astronomical/Cosmic Forcing 5.5.2 Tectonic Forcing 6 BASIC CONCEPTS OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS: Prototypical Climatic Applications 6.1 Local (or Internal) Stability 6.2 The Generic Cubic Nonlinearity 6.3 Structural (or External) Stability: Elements of Bifurcation Theory 6.4 Multivariable Systems 6.4.1 The Two-Variable Phase Plane 6.5 A Prototype Two-Variable Model 6.5.1 Sensitivity of Equilibria to Changes in Parameters: Prediction of the Second Kind 6.5.2 Structural Stability 6.6 The Prototype Two-Variable System as a Stochastic-Dynamical System: Effects of Random Forcing 6.6.1 The Stochastic Amplitude 6.6.2 Structural Stochastic Stability 6.7 More Than Two-Variable Systems: Deterministic Chaos PART II Physics of the Separate Domains 7 MODELING THE ATMOSPHERE AND SURFACE STATE AS FAST-RESPONSE COMPONENTS 7.1 The General Circulation Model 7.2 Lower Resolution Models: Statistical-Dynamical Models and the Energy Balance Model 7.2.1 A Zonal-Average SDM 7.2.2 Axially Asymmetric SDMs 7.2.3 The Complete Time-Average State 7.3 Thermodynamic Models 7.3.1 Radiative-Convective Models 7.3.2 Vertically Averaged Models (the EBM) 7.4 The Basic Energy Balance Model 7.5 Equilibria and Dynamical Properties of the Zero-Dimensional (Global Average) EBM 7.6 Stochastic Resonance 7.7 The One-Dimensional (Latitude-Dependent) EBM 7.8 Transitivity Properties of the Atmospheric and Surface Climatic State: Inferences from a GCM 7.9 Closure Relationships Based on GCM Sensitivity Experiments 7.9.1 Surface Temperature Sensitivity 7.10 Formal Feedback Analysis of the Fast-Response Equilibrium State 7.11 Paleoclimatic Simulations 8 THE SLOW-RESPONSE "CONTROL" VARIABLES: An Overview 8.1 The Ice Sheets 8.1.1 Key Variables 8.1.2 Observations 8.2 Greenhouse Gases: Carbon Dioxide 8.3 The Thermohaline Ocean State 8.4 A Three-Dimensional Phase-Space Trajectory 9 GLOBAL DYNAMICS OF THE ICE SHEETS 9.1 Basic Equations and Boundary Conditions 9.2 A Scale Analysis 9.3 The Vertically Integrated Ice-Sheet Model 9.4 The Surface Mass Balance 9.5 Basal Temperature and Melting 9.6 Deformable Basal Regolith 9.7 Ice Streams and Ice Shelves 9.8 Bedrock Depression 9.9 Sea Level Change and the Ice Sheets: The Depression-Calving Hypothesis 9.10 Paleoclimatic Applications of the Vertically Integrated Model 9.11 A Global Dynamical Equation for Ice Mass 10 DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERIC CO2 10.1 The Air-Sea Flux, Q↑ 10.1.1 Qualitative Analysis of the Factors Affecting Q↑ 10.1.2 Mathematical Formulation of the Ocean Carbon Balance 10.1.3 A Parameterization for Q↑ 10.2 Terrestrial Organic Carbon Exchange, W↑G 10.2.1 Sea Level Change Effects 10.2.2 Thermal Effects 10.2.3 Ice Cover Effects 10.2.4 Long-Term Terrestrial Organic Burial, W↓G 10.2.5 The Global Mass Balance of Organic Carbon 10.3 Outgassing Processes, V↑ 10.4 Rock Weathering Downdraw, W↓ 10.5 A Global Dynamical Equation for Atmospheric CO2 10.6 Modeling the Tectonically Forced CO2 Variations, µˆ : Long-Term Rock Processes 10.6.1 The Long-Term Oceanic Carbon Balance 10.6.2 The GEOCARB Model 10.7 Overview of the Full Global Carbon Cycle 11 SIMPLIFIED DYNAMICS OF THE THERMOHALINE OCEAN STATE 11.1 General Equations 11.1.1 Boundary Conditions 11.2 A Prototype Four-Box Ocean Model 11.3 The Wind-Driven, Local-Convective, and Baroclinic Eddy Circulations 11.3.1 The Wind-Driven Circulation: Gyres and Upwelling 11.3.2 Local Convective Overturnings and Baroclinic Eddy Circulations 11.4 The Two-Box Thermohaline Circulation Model: Possible Bimodality of the Ocean State 11.4.1 The Two-Box System 11.4.2 A Simple Model of the TH Circulation 11.4.3 Meridional Fluxes 11.4.4 Dynamical Analysis of the Two-Box Model 11.5 Integral Equations for the Deep Ocean State 11.5.1 The Deep Ocean Temperature 11.5.2 The Deep Ocean Salinity 11.6 Global Dynamical Equations for the Thermohaline State: θ and Sφ PART III Unified Dynamical Theory 12 THE COUPLED FAST- AND SLOW-RESPONSE VARIABLES AS A GLOBAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEM: Outline of a Theory of Paleoclimatic Variation 12.1 The Unified Model: A Paleoclimate Dynamics Model 12.2 Feedback-Loop Representation 12.3 Elimination of the Fast-Response Variables: The Center Manifold 12.4 Sources of Instability: The Dissipative Rate Constants 12.5 Formal Separation into Tectonic Equilibrium and Departure Equations 13 FORCED EVOLUTION OF THE TECTONIC-MEAN CLIMATIC STATE 13.1 Effects of Changing Solar Luminosity and Rotation Rate 13.1.1 Solar Luminosity (S) 13.1.2 Rotation Rate (Ω) 13.2 General Effects of Changing Land-Ocean Distribution and Topography (h) 13.3 Effects of Long-Term Variations of Volcanic and Cosmic Dust and Bolides 13.4 Multimillion-Year Evolution of CO2 13.4.1 The GEOCARB Solution 13.4.2 First-Order Response of Global Ice Mass and Deep Ocean Temperature to Tectonic CO2 Variations 13.5 Possible Role of Salinity-Driven Instability of the Tectonic-Mean State 13.6 Snapshot Atmospheric and Surficial Equilibrium Responses to Prescribed y-Fields Using GCMs 14 THE LATE CENOZOIC ICE-AGE DEPARTURES: An Overview of Previous Ideas and Models 14.1 General Review: Forced vs. Free Models 14.1.1 Models in Which Earth-Orbital Forcing Is Necessary 14.1.2 Instability-Driven (Auto-oscillatory) Models 14.1.3 Hierarchical Classification in Terms of Increasing Physical Complexity 14.2 Forced Ice-Line Models (Box 1, Fig. 14-1) 14.3 Ice-Sheet Inertia Models 14.3.1 The Simplest Forms (Box 2) 14.3.2 More Physically Based Ice-Sheet Models: First Applications 14.3.3 Direct Bedrock Effects (Box 3) 14.3.4 Bedrock-Calving Effects (Box 4) 14.3.5 Basal Meltwater and Sliding (Box 5) 14.3.6 Ice Streams and Ice Shelf Effects 14.3.7 Continental Ice-Sheet Movement (Box 6) 14.3.8 Three-Dimensional (λ, φ, hI) Ice-Sheet Models 14.4 The Need for Enhancement of the Coupled Ice-Sheet/Atmospheric Climate Models 14.5 Ice-Sheet Variables Coupled with Additional Slow-Response Variables 14.5.1 Regolith Mass, mr (Box 7) 14.5.2 The Deep Ocean Te

Note: CONTENTS: PREFACE. - Family Portulacaceae / V. V. Zuev. - Family lllecebraceae / N. K. Kovtonyuk. - Family Caryophyllaceae / K. S. Baikov (genus Dianthus), N. V. Vlasova (genera Stellaria-Scleranthus), V.V. Zuev (genera Spergula-Agrostemma, Steris-,Otites), and N.K. Kovtonyuk (genera Coccyganthe, Gastrolychnis - Vaccaria,and Saponaria). - Family Nymphaeaceae / N. K. Kovtonyuk. - Family Ceratophyllaceae / N. K. Kovtonyuk. - Family Paeoniaceae / N. V. Friesen. - Family Ranunculaceae / N.V. Friesen (genera Caltha-Aconitum and Thalictrum) and S. A. Timokhina (genera Anemonastrum-Ranunculus, and Adonis). - New Taxa. - MAPS OF PLANT DISTRIBUTION. - INDEX OF LATIN NAMES OF PLANTS.

Note: Inhalt: Die AWI-Forschungsstelle Potsdam - ein Beispiel gelungener Integration. - Die deutsche Polarforschung vor der Gründung der AWI-Forschungsstelle Potsdam. - Die Gründung und Entwicklung der Forschungsstelle Potsdam der Stiftung Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung. - Die Entwicklung der Atmosphärenforschung an der AWI-Forschungsstelle Potsdam. - Die Entwicklung der Periglazialforschung an der AWI-Forschungsstelle Potsdam. - Chronik. - Ausblick. - Dank.

Note: CONTENTS: Introduction - All Staff meeting 2002 / Per Undén. - Report of Hirlam Management Group visit to Met Éireann / Per Undén. - The operational HIRLAM at the Finnish Meteorological Institute / Kalle Eerola. - Recent changes in the operational suites at Météo-France / Dominique Giard. - HIRLAM operational activities in Met Éireann / Ray McGrath. - Operational HIRLAM at met.no / Ole Vignes. - SMHI operational HIRLAM systems / Lars Meuller. - Revision of the ECMWF humidity analysis 1: Construction of a gaussian control variable / Elías Valur Hólm. - A nudging procedure to assimilate analyses of cloud and precipitation in a version of HIRLAM / Bent Hansen Sass and Claus Petersen. - HIRLAM 4DVAR / Xiang-Yu Huang, Xiaohua Yang, Nils Gustafsson, Kristian Mogensen and Magnus Lindskog. - Progress in the investigation of problems in the operational 4d-var assimilation at Météo-France / Dominique Giard. - Recent and future developments in the turbulence modeling in HIRLAM / Geert Lenderink. - Parametrization of the effects of subgrid-scale orography / Laura Rontu and Kai Sattler. - ISBA tests in a Nordic area - an update / Simo Järvenoja. - Results of the SAT-MAP-CLIMATE project / Niels Woetmann Nielsen, Charlotte Hasager, Henrik Søgaard, Jens H Chrisensen, Niels Otto Jensen and Eva Bøgh. - Progress and problems in the Functional Boxes / Erik Bazile. - Status Kain Fritsch Rash Kristjansson and Hirlam 22 km experiences / Sander Tijm, Roy Wichink, Oscar van de Velde, Ben Wichers Schreur and Toon Moene. - The representation of shallow cumulus convection and associated cloud fields in the Rossby Centre Atmospheric modell / Colin Jones and Enrique Sanchez. - Parametrization of mountain-related effects in fine-scale HIRLAM - items for discussion / Laura Rontu. - Testing alternative lateral boundary strategies: A progress report / Aidan McDonald. - Current situation with the NH HIRLAM / Aarne Mannik and Rein Room. - Manipulations to determine the hybrid coordinate in HIRLAM / Per Undén and Nils Gustafsson. - Comparison of convection and condensation schemes under non-hydrostatic Hirlam model: A case study / Sami Niemela and Carl Fortelius. - Real time solution of forward and inverse air pollution problems with a numerical dispersion model based on short-term weather forecasts / Mikhail Sofiev. - Asyncronous I/O in HIRLAM / Ole Vignes. - HIRLAM coding styles / Gerard Cats. - NWP on a GRID compute environment / Gerard Cats. - HIRLAM verification scores, 1st quarter 2002 / Per Undén. - Validation test for HIRLAM 5.1.4: winter condition / Xiaohua Yang. - Recent tests of proposed revisions to the STRACO cloud scheme / Bent Hansen Sass and Xiaohua Yang.

Note: Contents: 1. Overview. - 2. Studies on Surface and Bedrock Topographies around Dome Fuji. - 3. Deep Ice Coring at Dome Fuji Station. - 4. Ice Core Analyses. - 5. Results of ice Core Analyses. - 6. Future Plan of Publication of the Dome Fuji Deep Drilling Project. - 7. Publications List. - 8. List of Investigators.

Note: Enthält 5 Zeitschriftenaufsätze , Dissertation, Göteborgs Universitet, 2002 , Table of Contents: Introduction Methods Summary of Papers Paper I Paper II Paper III Paper IV Paper V Conclusions and discussion Acknowledgements References Appendices Paper I: Late Quaternary stratigraphy of western Yamal Peninsula, Russia : new constraints on the configuration of the Eurasian ice sheet / Forman, S. L., Ingólfson, Ó., Gataullin, V., Manley, W. F., Lokrantz, H. Paper II: Late Quaternary stratigraphy, glacial limits and paleoenvironments of the Maresale area, western Yamal Peninsula, Russia / Forman, S. L., Ingólfson, Ó., Gataullin, V., Manley, W. F., Lokrantz, H. Paper III: Late Quaternary stratigraphy, Radiocarbon Chronology, and Glacial History at Cape Shpindler, Southern Kara Sea, Arctic Russia / Manley, W. F., Lokrantz, H., Gataullin, V., Ingólfson, Ó., Andersson, T. Paper IV: Glaciotectonised Quaternary sediments at Cape Shpindler, Yugorski Peninsula, Arctic Russia : implications of glacial history, ice movements and Kara Sea Ice Sheet configuration / Lokrantz, H., Ingólfson, Ó. and Forman, S. L. Paper V: Origin of a massive ground ice body on Yugorski Peninsula, Arctic Russia : buried glacier ice or intrasedimental segregation ice? / Lokrantz, H. and Ingólfson, Ó.

Note: Contents Preface Acknowledgments Authors' Affiliations 1 Introduction to ADIAC and This Book / Hans du Buf and Micha M. Bayer 2 Diatoms: Organism and Image / David G. Mann 3 Diatom Applications / Richard J. Telford, Steve Juggins, Martyn G. Kelly, and Bertrand Ludes 4 ADIAC Imaging Techniques and Databases / Micha M. Bayer and Steve Juggins 5 Human Error and Quality Assurance in Diatom Analysis / Martyn G. Kelly, Micha M. Bayer, Joachim Hurlimann, and Richard J. Telford 6 Contour Extraction / Stefan Fischer, Hamid R. Shahbazkia, and Horst Bunke 7 Identification Using Classical and New Features in Combination with Decision Tree Ensembles / Stefan Fischer and Horst Bunke 8 Identification by Curvature of Convex and Concave Segments / Robert E. Lake and Hans du Buf 9 Identification by Contour Profiling and Legendre Polynomials / Adrian Ciobanu and Hans du Buf 10 Identification by Gabor Features / Luis M. Santos and Hans du Buf 11 Identification by Mathematical Morphology / Michael H. F. Wilkinson, Andrei C. Jalba, Erik R. Urbach, and Jos B. T. M. Roerdink 12 Mixed-Method Identifications / Michel A. Westenberg and Jos B. T. M. Roerdink 13 Automatic Slide Scanning / Jose L. Pech-Pacheco and Gabriel Cristobal 14 ADIAC Achievements and Future Work / Hans du Buf and Micha M. Bayer Appendix: The Mixed Genera Data Set

Note: Inhalt: Vorwort. - 1. Einführung. - 1.1 Definitionen für Polargebiete. - 1.2 Abgrenzung der Polargebiete in der Nordhemisphäre. - 1.3 Abgrenzung der Polargebiete in der Südhemisphäre. - 1.4 Größe der Polargebiete. - 2. Naturausstattung und Naturraumpotenzial. - 2.1 Geologische Strukturen und Morphologie. - 2.1.1 Geologische Verhältnisse der Antarktis. - 2.1.2 Geologisch-morphologische Verhältnisse im arktischen Nordamerika. - 2.1.3 Geologisch-morphologische Verhältnisse in der eurasiatischen Arktis. - 2.2 Typisierung und Verbreitung von arktischen Frostmusterbodenformen. - 2.2.1 Texturböden. - 2.2.2 Strukturböden. - 2.2.3 Periglazialer Formenschatz. - 2.2.4 Regionale Verbreitung der Frostmusterböden. - 2.3 Die klimatischen Verhältnisse. - 2.3.1 Klimaklassifikation der Polarklimate. - 2.3.2 Strahlung. - 2.3.3 Temperatur. - 2.3.4 Winde. - 2.3.5 Niederschläge. - 2.3.6 Bewölkung und Nebel. - 2.3.7 Ozeanische Einflüsse. - 2.4 Polare Meere. - 2.4.1 Das Nordpolarmeer. - 2.4.2 Das Südpolarmeer. - 2.4.3 Die globale Bedeutung der Polarmeere. - 2.5 Gletscher- und Inlandeis. - 2.5.1 Gletscherzonierung. - 2.5.2 Bewegungsverhalten des Eises. - 2.5.3 Gletschertypen. - 2.5.4 Aktuelle Vergletscherung und Inlandvereisung. - 2.5.4.1 Nordpolare Vergletscherung. - 2.5.4.2 Südpolare Vergletscherung. - 2.6 Meereis. - 2.6.1 Zeitliche Schwankungen der Eisbedeckung. - 2.6.2 Eisdriftverhältnisse. - 2.6.3 Salzwassereisbildung und Salzgehalt. - 2.6.4 Salzwasser-Eisformen. - 2.6.5 Alterung von Salzwassereis. - 2.6.6 Abtauen des Salzwassereises. - 2.6.7 Schelfeis. - 2.6.8 Eisberge. - 2.7 Permafrost. - 2.7.1 Definition und Begriffe. - 2.7.2 Mächtigkeit, Alter und Temperaturverteilung. - 2.7.3 Verbreitung von Permafrost. - 2.7.4 Auftauschicht. - 2.7.5 Verfügbarkeit von Wasser in der Auftauschicht. - 2.7.6 Die ökologische Bedeutung des Permafrost. - 2.7.7 Degradierung des Permafrost. - 2.8 Böden. - 2.8.1 Die Entwicklung von Böden in der hochpolaren Region. - 2.8.2 Die Entwicklung von Böden in der subpolaren Region. - 2.9 Vegetation der Polargebiete. - 2.9.1 Die Herkunft der arktischen Vegetation. - 2.9.2 Vegetationsgeografische Gliederung. - 2.9.3 Vegetationstypen der Arktis. - 2.9.4 Kleinräumiges Vorkommen der arktischen Vegetation. - 2.10 Fauna der Polargebiete. - 2.10.1 Die terrestrische Fauna. - 2.10.1.1 Die terrestrische Fauna der Arktis. - 2.10.1.2 Die terrestische Fauna der Antarktis. - 2.10.2 Die marine Fauna. - 2.10.2.1 Die marine Fauna der Arktis. - 2.10.2.2 Die marine Fauna der Antarktis. - 3. Polarökologie. - 3.1 Biodiversität und Ökodiversität. - 3.1.1 Geringe biologische Diversität. - 3.1.2 Gründe für die geringe Artenvielfalt. - 3.1.3 Ökosystemvielfalt, Ökodiversität und Landschaftsdiversität. - 3.1.4 Spezialisierung. - 3.1.5 Fazit zur Biodiversität der Polargebiete. - 3.2 Strategien der Anpassung. - 3.2.1 Anpassungen der Vegetation. - 3.2.2 Anpassungen der Wirbellosen-Fauna. - 3.2.3 Anpassungen der Wirbeltier-Fauna. - 3.2.3.1 Felle, Federn und Fett. - 3.2.3.2 Überleben unter dem Schnee, Winterschlaf und Migration. - 3.2.3.3 Spezifisches Verhalten und physiologische Anpassungen. - 3.3 Energie-, Wasser- und Stoffhaushalt der terrestrischen Ökosysteme. - 3.3.1 Die Strahlungsbilanz. - 3.3.2 Der Standort-Wärmehaushalt. - 3.3.3 Der Wasserhaushalt. - 3.3.4 Pflanzliche Produktion, Stickstoff- und Kohlenstoffhaushalt. - 3.3.5 Nährstoffhaushalt der Böden. - 3.3.6 Schnee und Permafrost als Stoffspeicher. - 3.3.7 Stoffausträge und Fragilität. - 4. Der Mensch und die Inwertsetzung des Naturpotenzials. - 4.1 Die indigene Bevölkerung der Arktis. - 4.1.1 Herkunft und Verbreitung. - 4.1.2 Traditionelle Lebens- und Wirtschaftsformen. - 4.1.3 Erste marktwirtschaftliche Einbindung der indigenen Bevölkerung. - 4.1.4 Der tief greifende Wandel der indigenen Bevölkerung nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. - 4.2 Frühe europäische Siedler. - 4.2.1 Die Wikinger auf Grönland. - 4.2.2 Russische Fischer und Jäger. - 4.2.3 Die „Settler" Labradors. - 4.3 Aktuelle Gebietsansprüche und Autonomie. - 4.3.1 Die besondere Situation Svalbards (Spitzbergen). - 4.3.2 Die Verwaltung Grönlands. - 4.3.3 Autonomiebewegungen der Inuit Alaskas und Kanadas. - 4.3.3.1 Die Autonomiebewegung in Alaska. - 4.3.3.2 Die Autonomiebewegung in Kanada. - 4.3.4 Die besondere Situation der Antarktis. - 4.4 Die Nutzung der biotischen Ressourcen. - 4.4.1 Die „gemischte" Wirtschaft der indigenen Bevölkerung. - 4.4.1.1 Die Jagd auf Meeres- und Landwirbeltiere. - 4.4.1.2 Die Tierhaltung. - 4.4.1.3 Industrielle und indigene Fischerei in der Arktis. - 4.4.2 Die Nutzung der antarktischen biotischen Ressourcen. - 4.4.2.1 Die Robbenjagd. - 4.4.2.2 Der Walfang. - 4.4.2.3 Fischerei. - 4.5 Die nicht-erneuerbaren Ressourcen. - 4.5.1 Stand der Entwicklung in der Arktis. - 4.5.2 Nutzungskonflikte durch die Erschließung von Bodenschätzen. - 4.5.3 Stand der Entwicklung in der Antarktis. - 4.6 Tourismus, Forschung und militärische Nutzung. - 4.6.1 Arktischer Tourismus. - 4.6.2 Antarktischer Tourismus. - 4.6.3 Forschungs-, Bildungs- und militärische Aktivitäten. - 5. Gefährdung des Natur- und Lebensraumes. - 5.1 Großräumig wirksame Veränderungen. - 5.1.1 Klimaveränderung. - 5.1.2 Luftverschmutzung. - 5.1.3 Ozonabbau und Zunahme der UV-B-Strahlung. - 5.1.3.1 Ozonabbau in der Antarktis. - 5.1.3.2 Ozonabbau in der Arktis. - 5.1.4 Schadstoffbelastung in Polargebieten. - 5.1.4.1 Organische Schadstoffe und Schwermetalle. - 5.1.4.2 Radionukleide. - 5.1.4.3 Fazit zur Schadstoffbelastung der Polargebiete. - 5.2 Punktuelle Störungen. - 5.2.1 Lokale Stoffeinträge. - 5.2.2 Zerstörungen der Vegetationsdecke und des Permafrost. - 5.2.3 Störungen der Tierwelt. - 6. Literatur. - 7. Stichwortregister. - 8. Ortsregister.

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Note: Contents: Preface. - 1. Introduction: Distributions and Inference for Categorical Data. - 1.1 Categorical Response Data. - 1.2 Distributions for Categorical Data. - 1.3 Statistical Inference for Categorical Data. - 1.4 Statistical Inference for Binomial Parameters. - 1.5 Statistical Inference for Multinomial Parameters. - Notes. - Problems. - 2. Describing Contingency Tables. - 2.1 Probability Structure for Contingency Tables. - 2.2 Comparing Two Proportions. - 2.3 Partial Association in Stratified 2 x 2 Tables. - 2.4 Extensions for I x J Tables. - Notes. - Problems. - 3. Inference for Contingency Tables. - 3.1 Confidence Intervals for Association Parameters. - 3.2 Testing Independence in Two-Way Contingency Tables. - 3.3 Following-Up Chi-Squared Tests. - 3.4 Two-Way Tables with Ordered Classifications. - 3.5 Small-Sample Tests of Independence. - 3.6 Small-Sample Confidence Intervals for 2 x 2 Tables. - 3.7 Extensions for Multiway Tables and Nontabulated Responses. - Notes. - Problems. - 4. Introduction to Generalized Linear Models. - 4.1 Generalized Linear Model. - 4.2 Generalized Linear Models for Binary Data. - 4.3 Generalized Linear Models for Counts. - 4.4 Moments and Likelihood for Generalized Linear Models. - 4.5 Inference for Generalized Linear Models. - 4.6 Fitting Generalized Linear Models. - 4.7 Quasi-likelihood and Generalized Linear Models. - 4.8 Generalized Additive Models. - Notes. - Problems. - 5. Logistic Regression. - 5.1 Interpreting Parameters in Logistic Regression. - 5.2 Inference for Logistic Regression. - 5.3 Logit Models with Categorical Predictors. - 5.4 Multiple Logistic Regression. - 5.5 Fitting Logistic Regression Models. - Notes. - Problems. - 6. Building and Applying Logistic Regression Models. - 6.1 Strategies in Model Selection. - 6.2 Logistic Regression Diagnostics. - 6.3 Inference About Conditional Associations in 2 x 2 x K Tables. - 6.4 Using Models to Improve Inferential Power. - 6.5 Sample Size and Power Considerations. - 6.6 Probit and Complementary Log-Log Models. - 6.7 Conditional Logistic Regression and Exact Distributions. - Notes. - Problems. - 7. Logit Models for Multinomial Responses. - 7.1 Nominal Responses: Baseline-Category Logit Models. - 7.2 Ordinal Responses: Cumulative Logit Models. - 7.3 Ordinal Responses: Cumulative Link Models. - 7.4 Alternative Models for Ordinal Responses. - 7.5 Testing Conditional Independence in I x J x K Tables. - 7.6 Discrete-Choice Multinomial Logit Models. - Notes. - Problems. - 8. Loglinear Models for Contingency Tables. - 8.1 Loglinear Models for Two-Way Tables. - 8.2 Loglinear Models for Independence and Interaction in Three-Way Tables. - 8.3 Inference for Loglinear Models. - 8.4 Loglinear Models for Higher Dimensions. - 8.5 The Loglinear_Logit Model Connection. - 8.6 Loglinear Model Fitting: Likelihood Equations and Asymptotic Distributions. - 8.7 Loglinear Model Fitting: Iterative Methods and their Application. - Notes. - Problems. - 9. Building and Extending Loglinear/Logit Models. - 9.1 Association Graphs and Collapsibility. - 9.2 Model Selection and Comparison. - 9.3 Diagnostics for Checking Models. - 9.4 Modeling Ordinal Associations. - 9.5 Association Models. - 9.6 Association Models, Correlation Models, and Correspondence Analysis. - 9.7 Poisson Regression for Rates. - 9.8 Empty Cells and Sparseness in Modeling Contingency Tables. - Notes. - Problems. - 10. Models for Matched Pairs. - 10.1 Comparing Dependent Proportions. - 10.2 Conditional Logistic Regression for Binary Matched Pairs. - 10.3 Marginal Models for Square Contingency Tables. - 10.4 Symmetry, Quasi-symmetry, and Quasiindependence. - 10.5 Measuring Agreement Between Observers. - 10.6 Bradley-Terry Model for Paired Preferences. - 10.7 Marginal Models and Quasi-symmetry Models for Matched Sets. - Notes. - Problems. - 11. Analyzing Repeated Categorical Response Data. - 11.1 Comparing Marginal Distributions: Multiple Responses. - 11.2 Marginal Modeling: Maximum Likelihood Approach. - 11.3 Marginal Modeling: Generalized Estimating Equations Approach. - 11.4 Quasi-likelihood and Its GEE Multivariate Extension: Details. - 11.5 Markov Chains: Transitional Modeling. - Notes. - Problems. - 12. Random Effects: Generalized Linear Mixed Models for Categorical Responses. - 12.1 Random Effects Modeling of Clustered Categorical Data. - 12.2 Binary Responses: Logistic-Normal Model. - 12.3 Examples of Random Effects Models for Binary Data. - 12.4 Random Effects Models for Multinomial Data. - 12.5 Multivariate Random Effects Models for Binary Data. - 12.6 GLMM Fitting, Inference, and Prediction. - Notes. - Problems. 13. Other Mixture Models for Categorical Data. - 13.1 Latent Class Models. - 13.2 Nonparametric Random Effects Models. - 13.3 Beta-Binomial Models. - 13.4 Negative Binomial Regression. - 13.5 Poisson Regression with Random Effects. - Notes. - Problems. - 14. Asymptotic Theory for Parametric Models. - 14.1 Delta Method. - 14.2 Asymptotic Distributions of Estimators of Model Parameters and Cell Probabilities. - 14.3 Asymptotic Distributions of Residuals and Goodnessof-Fit Statistics. - 14.4 Asymptotic Distributions for Logit/Loglinear Models. - Notes. - Problems. - 15. Alternative Estimation Theory for Parametric Models. - 15.1 Weighted Least Squares for Categorical Data. - 15.2 Bayesian Inference for Categorical Data. - 15.3 Other Methods of Estimation. - Notes. - Problems. - 16. Historical Tour of Categorical Data Analysis. - 16.1 Pearson-Yule Association Controversy. - 16.2 R. A. Fisher's Contributions. - 16.3 Logistic Regression. - 16.4 Multiway Contingency Tables and Loglinear Models. - 16.5 Recent and Future? Developments. - Appendix A. Using Computer Software to Analyze Categorical Data. - A.1 Software for Categorical Data Analysis. - A.2 Examples of SAS Code by Chapter. - Appendix B. Chi-Squared Distribution Values. - References. - Examples Index. - Author Index. - Subject Index.

Note: Contents: Initial circumstances. - Conclusions. - State of affairs. - Detection and attribution of climate change. - Climate impact research. - The political dimension of climate change. - Climate protection from ethical points of view. - Economic aspects of climate politics. - Flexible instruments - the situation in Germany. - Legal framework for climate protection. - Trans-disciplinary evaluation of climate problems. - Trans-disciplinary evaluation of modelling future climates. - Preconditions for the determination of objectives in climate politics. - Elements of rational climate politics. - Precautionary principle and the principle of adequacy. - Economic and ethical rationality. - Strategies for coherent climate politics. -

Note: Inhaltsverzeichnis: Zur Startveranstaltung von DEKLIM C - ein Ein- und Ausblick / Ulrich Katenkamp. - Komplex 1: Vorstellung der DEKLIM C-Verbünde. - Der Einfluss von ENSO (El Niño - Southern Oscillation) auf die Wasserressourcen und die lokale Bevölkerung in einem Regenwaldrandgebiet Indonesiens / Regina Birner. - Klimawandel und präventives Risiko- und Küstenmanagement an der deutschen Nordseeküste (KRIM) / Michael Schirmer. - Sicherheitsdiagramme: Verbesserung eines neuen Ansatzes zur Bewertung des Risikos extremer Klimaereignisse für die Gesellschaft / Joseph Alcamo. - INTEGRATION: Integrated Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline Circulation / Stefan Rahmstorf. - Komplex 2: Wie können Integration und Transdisziplinarität erreicht werden?. - Zwischen hehrem Anspruch und kruder Wirklichkeit - Integration als Aufgabe interdisziplinärer Forschungsverbünde / Antonietta Di Giulio, Rico Defila. - Interdisziplinäre Klimafolgenforschung zwischen Selbstorganisation und Auftragsforschung: Erfahrungen aus dem Projekt Klimaänderung und Unterweserregion (KLIMU) / Bastian Schuchardt. - DEKLIM C - Integration und Transdisziplinarität : Der Einfluss von ENSO auf nachhaltiges Wassermanagement und die ländliche Bevölkerung in einem Regenwaldeinzugsgebiet Indonesiens / Gerhard Gerold. - Die Verbindung von Top-down und Bottom-up: Organisation von Interdisziplinarität in KRIM / Bastian Schuchardt. - "Sicherheitsdiagramme" : Wie können Integration und Transdiziplinarität erreicht werden? / Joseph Alcamo. - Komplex 3: Wie können Öffentlichkeitswirksamkeit und Ergebnistransfer erreicht werden?. - Klimawirkungsforschung und Medien: Aus dem Alltag eines Journalisten / Eckart Klaus Roloff. - Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit am Beispiel eines DEKLIM C Forschungsprojektes / Gode Gravenhorst. - DEKLIM C Verbundvorhaben "Klimawandel und präventives Risiko- und Küstenschutzmanagement an der deutschen Nordseeküste (KRIM) / Michael Schirmer, Bastian Schuchardt. - "Sicherheitsdiagramme" : Wie können Öffentlichkeitswirksamkeit und Ergebnistransparenz erreicht werden?. - Liste der Teilnehmer. - Programm.

Note: CONTENTS Introduction Objectives and Scope of this Volume Taxonomic Considerations Varieties and Formae The "typifying variety" concept Taxonomic Citations Limitations Taxonomic Errors Some Observations on Antarctic Diatoms Antarctic Diatom Localities Antarctic Interior And Ice Shelves Transantarctic Mountains etc East Antarctic Coast Ross Sea Embayment Amundsen Sea Antarctic Peninsula Area Subantarctic Islands and Southern Continents Acknowledgments What This Compilation Includes Antarctic and Subantarctic Diatoms References Index of Species