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Note: Contents: Preface. - 1 Cosmic rays. - 1.1 Origin and nature of cosmic rays. - 1.2 Interaction with magnetic fields. - 1.3 Interactions with the Earth's atmosphere. - 1.4 Interactions with the Earth's surface. - 1.5 Production of cosmogenic nuclides. - 1.6 Detection of cosmic rays. - 2 Cosmogenic nuclides. - 2.1 'Useful' cosmogenic nuclides. - 2.2 Stable cosmogenic nuclides. - 2.3 Cosmogenic radionuclides. - 2.4 Sample preparation. - 2.5 Analytical methods. - 3 Production rates and scaling factors. - 3.1 Deriving production rates. - 3.2 Scaling factors. - 3.3 Building scaling factors. - 4 Application of cosmogenic nuclldes to Earth surface sciences. - 4.1 Exposure dating. - 4.2 Burial dating. - 4.3 Erosion/denudation rates. - 4.4 Uplift rates. - 4.5 Soil dynamics. - 4.6 Dealing with uncertainty. - Appendix A: Sampling checklist. - Appendix B: Reporting of cosrnogenic-nudide data for exposure age and erosion rate determinations. - References. - Index.

Note: Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of participating members of the Expert Group; CONTENTS; List of tables; List of figures; Executive summary; Part I: Methodology and Data on Levelised Costs for Generating Electricity; Chapter 1 Introduction and context; Chapter 2 Methodology, conventions and key assumptions; Chapter 3 Technology overview; Chapter 4 Country-by-country data on electricity generating costs for different technologies; Part 2: Sensitivity analyses and boundary issues; Chapter 5 Median case; Chapter 6 Sensitivity analyses. , Chapter 7 System integration aspects of variable renewable power generationChapter 8 Financing issues; Chapter 9 Levelised costs and the working of actual power markets; Chapter 10 Carbon capture and storage; Chapter 11 Synthesis report on other studies of the levelised cost of electricity; ANNEXES; Annex 1 Issues concerning data from non-OECD countries and assumptions forthe electricity generating cost calculations; Annex 2 List of abbreviations;.

Note: Contents Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 The necessity for measurements 1.2 Definition of a measurement 1.3 Historical aspects 2 Measurement basics 2.1 Overview of methods 2.1.1 Direct and indirect methods 2.1.2 In-situ and remote sensing methods 2.1.3 Instantaneous and integrating methods 2.1.4 On-line and off-line methods, post-processing 2.1.5 Flux measurements 2.2 Main measurement principles 2.3 Measurements by inversion 2.3.1 Inversion with one variable 2.3.2 Inversion with more than one variable 2.3.3 Well-posed and ill-posed problems 2.4 Measurement instruments 2.4.1 Active and passive instruments 2.4.2 Analogue and digital instruments 2.5 Measurement platforms 2.6 Measurement variables 2.7 General characteristics of measured data 2.8 Data logging 2.9 Quality assurance/quality control 3 In-situ measurements of state variables 3.1 Thermometers 3.1.1 Liquid-in-glass thermometers 3.1.2 Bimetal thermometers 3.1.3 Resistance thermometers, thermistors 3.1.4 Thermocouples, thermopiles 3.1.5 Sonic thermometry 3.1.6 Measurement of infrared radiation 3.1.7 Soil thermometer 3.1.8 Recommendations for temperature measurements 3.2 Measuring moisture 3.2.1 Hygrometer 3.2.2 Psychrometers 3.2.3 Dewpoint determination 3.2.4 Capacitive methods 3.2.5 Recommendations for humidity measurements 3.3 Pressure sensors 3.3.1 Barometers 3.3.2 Hypsometers 3.3.3 Electronic barometers 3.3.4 Microbarometer 3.3.5 Pressure balance 3.3.6 Recommendations for pressure measurements 3.4 Wind measurements 3.4.1 Estimation from visual observations 3.4.2 Wind direction 3.4.3 Cup anemometer 3.4.4 Pressure tube 3.4.5 Hot wire anemometer 3.4.6 Ultrasonic anemometer 3.4.7 Propeller anemometer 3.4.8 Recommendations for wind measurements 4 In-situ methods for observing liquid water and ice 4.1 Precipitation 4.1.1 Rain sensors (Present Weather Sensors) 4.1.2 Rain gauges (totalisators) 4.1.3 Pluviographs 4.1.4 Disdrometer 4.1.5 Special instruments for snow 4.1.6 Recommendations for precipitation measurements 4.2 Soil moisture 4.2.1 Gravimetric methods 4.2.2 Neutron probes 4.2.3 Time domain reflectrometry (TDR) 4.2.4 Tensiometers 4.2.5 Resistance block tensiometer 4.2.6 Recommendations for soil moisture measurements 5 In-situ measurement of trace substances 5.1 Measurement of trace gases 5.1.1 Physical methods 5.1.2 Chemical methods 5.1.3 Recommendations for the measurement of trace gases 5.2 Particle measurements 5.2.1 Determination of the particle mass 5.2.2 Measuring particle size distributions 5.2.3 Measurement of the chemical composition of particles 5.2.4 Measuring the particle structure 5.2.5 Saltiphon 5.2.6 Recommendations for particle measurements 5.3 Olfactometry 5.4 Radioactivity 5.4.1 Counter tubes 5.4.2 Scintillation counters 5.4.3 Recommendations for radioactivity monitoring 6 In-situ flux measurements 6.1 Measuring radiation 6.1.1 Measuring direct solar radiation 6.1.2 Measuring shortwave irradiance 6.1.3 Measuring longwave irradiance 6.1.4 Measuring the total irradiance 6.1.5 Measuring chill 6.1.6 Sunshine recorder 6.1.7 Recommendations for radiation measurements 6.2 Visual range 6.3 Micrometeorological flux measurements 6.3.1 Cuvettes 6.3.2 Surface chambers 6.3.3 Mass balance method 6.3.4 Inferential method 6.3.5 Gradient method 6.3.6 Bowen-ratio method 6.3.7 Flux variance method 6.3.8 Dissipation method 6.3.9 Eddy covariance method 6.3.10 Eddy accumulation methods 6.3.11 Disjunct eddy covariance method 6.3.12 Recommendations for the measurement of turbulent fluxes 6.4 Evaporation Atmometers 6.4.2 Lysimeters 6.4.3 Evaporation pans and tanks 6.4.4 Recommendations for evaporation measurements 6.5 Soil heat flux 6.6 Inverse emission flux modelling 7 Remote sensing methods 7.1 Basics of remote sensing 7.2 Active sounding methods 7.2.1 RADAR 7.2.2 Windprofilers 7.2.3 SODAR 7.2.4 RASS 7.2.5 LIDAR 7.2.6 Further LIDAR techniques 7.3 Active path-averaging methods 7.3.1 Scintillometers 7.3.2 FTIR 7.3.3 DOAS 7.3.4 Quantum cascade laser 7.4 Passive methods 7.4.1 Radiometers 7.4.2 Photometers 7.4.3 Infrared-Interferometer 7.5 Tomography 7.5.1 Simultaneous Iterative Reconstruction Technique 7.5.2 Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) 7.5.3 Smooth Basis Function Minimization (SBFM) 8 Remote sensing of atmospheric state variables 8.1 Temperature 8.1.1 Near-surface temperatures 8.1.2 Temperature profiles 8.2 Gaseous humidity 8.2.1 Integral water vapour content 8.2.2 Vertical profiles 8.2.3 Large-scale humidity distribution 8.3 Wind and turbulence 8.3.1 Small-scale near-surface turbulence 8.3.2 Horizontal wind fields 8.3.3 Vertical wind profiles 8.3.4 Turbulence profiles 8.3.5 Cloud winds 8.3.6 Ionospheric winds 8.4 Mixing-layer heights 8.4.1 LIDAR 8.4.2 SODAR 8.5 Turbulent fluxes 8.6 Ionospheric electron densities 8.7 Recommendations for remote sensing of state variables 9 Remote sensing of water and ice 9.1 Precipitation 9.1.1 RADAR 9.1.2 Precipitation measurements from satellites 9.2 Clouds 9.2.1 Cloud base 9.2.2 Cloud cover 9.2.3 Cloud movement 9.2.4 Water content 9.3 Recommendations for remote sensing of liquid water and ice 10 Remote sensing of trace substances 10.1 Trace gases 10.1.1 Horizontal path-averaging methods 10.1.2 Vertical column densities 10.1.3 Sounding methods 10.2 Aerosols 10.2.1 Aerosol optical depths (AOD) 10.2.2 Sounding methods 10.3 Recommendations for remote sensing of trace substances 11 Remote sensing of surface properties 11.1 Properties of the solid surface 11.1.1 Surface roughness 11.1.2 Land surface temperature 11.1.3 Soil moisture 11.1.4 Vegetation 11.1.5 Snow and ice 11.1.6 Fires 11.2 Properties of the ocean surface 11.2.1 Altitudes of the sea surface 11.2.2 Wave heights 11.2.3 Sea surface temperature 11.2.4 Salinity 11.2.5 Ocean currents 11.2.6 Ice cover, size of ice floes 11.2.7 Algae and suspended sediment concentrations 12 Remote sensing of electrical phenomena 12.1 Spherics 12.1.1 Directional analyses 12.1.2 Distance analyses 12.2 Optical lightning detection 13 Outlook on new developments Literature Subject index Appendix: Technical guidelines and standards Index to the Appendix

Note: Zugl.: Stanford, Univ., Diss.

Note: Zugl.: Stockholm, Univ., Diss., 2013

Note: Contents Foreword to the English translation Preface 1 INTRODUCTION 1. A short history of the problem 2. Scales of weather processes 3. The spectrum of atmospheric processes 2 THE HYDRODYNAMIC THEORY OF SHORT-RANGE WEATHER PREDICTION 4. Adiabatic invariants 5. Classification of atmospheric motions 6. Adaptation of meteorological fields 7. The Quasi-geostrophic approximation 8. The Quasi-solenoidal approximation 9. Primitive equations 10. Vertical structure of synoptic processes 11. Difference schemes 12. Weather prediction 3 THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF LONG-TERM WEATHER CHANGES 13. The global nature of long-term weather processes 14. Global observation 15. Nonadiabatic effects 16. Heat sources in the atmosphere 17. The regulating role of clouds 18. Numerical experiments 19. The interaction of the oceans and the atmosphere 20. Predictability 21. Extraterrestrial influences 4 ADDITIONS 22. Modeling the planetary circulation 23. The atmospheres of other planets 24. Planning and forecasts References Index , Aus dem Russischen übersetzt

Note: Contents: Preface. - Foreword. - Chapter 1 The Planetary Boundary-Layer: Definitions and Equations. - Chapter 2 Some Problems in Modelling the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - The Problem of Closing the System of the PBL-Equations. - Models Based on a Hypothesis for the Profile of the Eddy Viscosity. - Models Based on a Hypothesis for the Mixing-Length. - A Mixing-Length Hypothesis for the Planetary Boundary-Layer Flow in the Atmosphere - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44, 215-226, 1971. - Note on the Upper Boundary Conditions. - A Note on a Method for Solving the Planetary Boundary-Layer Equations - Beitr. Phys. Atm. 44, 293-296, 1971. Chapter 3 The Structure of the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - The Eddy Viscosity in a Barotropic Planetary Boundary-Layer as Related to the Turbulent KineticEnergy - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44,127-136, 1971. - Rossby-Number Similarity in the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - A Note on the Rossby Similarity for Flows of Barotropic Planetary Boundary-Layers (with D. YORDANOV) - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 66-71, 1972. - Universal Profiles in the Barotropic Planetary Boundary-Layer - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 148-163, 1972. - Note on the Energy Budget in the PBL. - Layers with a Reduced Eddy Viscosity Caused by the Baroclinicity (with D. YORDANOV) - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 267-275, 1972. - The Wind Profile Very Close to the Ground - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 46, 57-63, 1973. - Numerical Study on the Effects Controlling the Low-Level Jet - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 46, 137-154, 1973. - Chapter 4 The Parameterization of PBL - Effects with the Aid of the Resistance Law. - The Resistance Law for the Planetary Boundary Layer. - The Two Constants in the Resistance Law for a Neutral Barotropic Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 43, 133-140, 1970. - Note on a Paper by F. Wippermann "The Two Constants in the Resistance Law for a Neutral Barotropic Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere" by R. J. TAYLOR - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44, 69, 1971. - Reply by F. Wippermann. - Empirical Formulae for the Universal Functions Mm (μ) and N (μ) in the Resistance Law for a Barotropic and Diabatic Planetary Boundary Layer - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 305-311, 1972. - The Parameterization of the Turbulent Fluxes of Momentum, Heat and Moisture at the Ground in a Baroclinic Planetary Boundary Layer (with D. YORDANOV) - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 58-65, 1972. - Baroclinic Effects on the Resistance Law for the Planetary Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 244-259, 1972. - A Note on the Parameterization of the Large-Scale Wind stress at the Sea Surface - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 45, 260-266, 1972. - Problems which still have to be solved before the resistance laws can be applied. - Chapter 5 Non-Stationary and/or Horizontally Non-Homogeneous Boundary-Layers. - The Effects of Non-Stationarity on the Planetary Boundary-Layer (with D.ETLING and H.LEYKAUF) - Beitr. Phys. Atm. 46, 34-56, 1973. - Boundary-Layers with a Change in the Roughness - Length and/or in the Temperature: A Bibliographical Survey. - Chapter 6 The Dynamic Instability of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer. - The Orientation of Vortices Due to Instability of the Ekman Boundary-Layer - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 42, 225-244, 1969. - The Stability of an Ekman Boundary-Layer Flow as Influenced by the Thermal Stratification (in Germ.) by D.ETLING - Beitr. Phys. Atm., 44, 168-186, 1971. - Chapter 7 The Dispersion of Windborne Material in the Planetary Boundary-Layer. - A Perspective for a Routine Prediction of Concentration Patterns (with D. YORDANOV) - Atm. Environm., 6, 877-888, 1972. - Time-Dependent Concentrations of Dispersed Material Compared with those of the Corresponding Stationary Cases (in Germ.) - Meteor. Rdsch., 26, 11-18, 1973. - Meteorological Parameters Relevant in a Statistical Analysis of Air Quality Data. - List of Symbols. - Author Index.

Note: Zusammenfassung in französischer, russischer und spanischer Sprache

Note: INHALT: 1) Vorwort. - Vorträge. - 2) Über den gegenwärtigen Stand der Ozonforschung / E. BORBELY. - 3) Über eine elektrochemische Ozonsonde / H. RÖTHIG, D. SONNTAG. - 4) Die Abweichung der Werte des Gesamtgehalts des Ozons,der mit dem Ozonometer M-83 in Luftmassen verschiedenen Verunreinigungsgrades gemessen wurde / E. VENTURA. - 5) Über den aerosolbedingten Fehler der Daten des Gesamtozongehalts der Atmosphäre im Stationsnetz des Hydrometrischen Dienstes der UdSSR / G. P. GUSCHTSCHIN. - 6) Zur Methodik der Einführung der aerosolbedingten Korrektur in die Meßergebnisse des Gesamtozongehalts der Atmosphäre / G. P. GUSCHTSCHIN. - 7) Variationen des totalen Ozongehalts der Atmosphäre im Zusammenhang mit stratosphärischen Erwärmungen / W. HOEBBEL. - 8) Markante Schwankungen der kurzperiodischen Variationen des Gasamtozonbetrages und ihre Beziehungen zur Zirkulation, zu plötzlichen stratosphärischen Erwärmungen und zur Mesosphäre / W. Schwahn. - 9) Screen effect in the Ozonosphere / R. S. Steblova. - 10) Vergleich von Ozonmeßgeräten. - DOBSON-Spectrophotometer. - Universalozonometer M-83. - Spektrometer ISP 22. - 11) Verzeichnis der Tabellen des Meßgerätevergleichs. - 12) Schlußbetrachtung. - Anschriften der Autoren und der Teilnehmer am Meßgerätevergleich. , Beiträge teilweise in deutscher, teilweise in englischer, teilweise in russischer Sprache

Note: INHALTSVERZEICHNIS: Einleitung. - Teil I Eindimensionale stochastische Differentialgleichungen erster Ordnung. - Kapitel 1. Stochastische Integrale und Differentiale. - § 1. Der WIENERprozeß. - § 2. Das stochastische Integral. - § 3. Eigenschaften des stochastischen Integrals als Punktion der oberen Grenze. - § 4. Stochastische Integrale mit zufälligen Grenzen. - Kapitel 2. Lösungen von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen. - § 5. Die stochastische Differentialgleichung erster Ordnung. - § 6. Existenz und Eindeutigkeit der Lösungen von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen. - § 7. Parameterabhängige stochastische Differentialgleichungen. - § 8. Die Abhängigkeit der Lösungen stochastischer Differentialgleichungen von den Anfangsbedingungen. - Kapitel 3. Lösungen von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen und MARKOWsche Diffusionsprozesse. - § 9. MARKOWsche Prozesse. Diffusionsprozesse. - § 10. Diffusionsprozesse als Lösungen von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen. - §11. Die Gleichungen von A. N. KOLMOGOROW. - § 12. Über Maße, die durch die Diffusionsprozesse in den Funktionenraum induziert werden. - § 13. Formeln für die Dichte der Übergangswahrscheinlichkeit. - § 14. Die Gleichungen von A. N. KOLMOGOROW für die Dichte der Übergangswahrscheinlichkeit. - § 15. Zeithomogene Lösungen von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen. - Kapitel 4. Das asymptotische Verhalten der Lösungen stochastischer Gleichungen. - § 16. Beschränktheit und Unbeschränktheit der Lösungen stochastischer Gleichungen. - § 17. Sätze über das asymptotische Verhalten der Lösungen stochastischer Gleichungen. - § 18. Ergodensätze. - § 19. Die Stabilität der Lösungen stochastischer Differentialgleichungen. - § 20. Einige andere Grenzwertsätze Kapitel 5. Stochastische Differentialgleichungen auf einem endlichen räumlichen Intervall. - § 21. Randbedingungen an den Intervallenden. - § 22. Der Prozeß mit Absorption am Band. - § 23. Die momentane Reflexion am Rand. - § 24. Die verzögerte Reflexion am Rand. - § 25. Prozesse mit sprungartiger Reflexion am Rand. - Teil II Systeme von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen. - Kapitel 1. Stochastische Vektordifferentialgleichungen. - § 1. Das stochastische Kurvenintegral. - § 2. Das stochastische Kurvenintegral als Punktion der oberen Grenze. - § 3. Die stochastische Differentialgleichung. - Kapitel 2. Stochastische Differentialgleichungen ohne Nachwirkung. - § 4. Einführende Bemerkungen. - § 5. Gewisse Spezialfälle von stochastischen Integralen. - § 6. Die verallgemeinerte Irö-Formel für stochastische Differentiale. - § 7. Stochastische Differentialgleichungen ohne Nachwirkung. - § 8. Parameterabhängige stochastische Differentialgleichungen. Die Differenzierbarkeit nach den Anfangswerten. - § 9. Lösungen von stochastischen Differentialgleichungen als MAKKOWsche Prozesse. - § 10. Verteilungen von Funktionalen von Lösungen stochastischer Differentialgleichungen. - § 11. Einige Probleme bei homogenen stochastischen Differentialgleichungen. - Kapitel 3. Das asymptotische Verhalten der Lösungen stochastischer Differentialgleichungen. - § 12. Die Stabilität der Lösungen stochastischer Differentialgleichungen. - § 13. Die Beschränktheit der Lösungen stochastischer Differentialgleichungen. - § 14. Grenzwertsätze für stochastische Differentialgleichungen. - Literaturverzeichnis. - Sachverzeichnis. , Aus dem Russischen übersetzt

Note: Berlin (Ost), Univ., Diss., 1972

Note: Ersch. unregelmäßig , Beiträge teilweise in Englisch

Note: Univ., Diss.--Heidelberg, 2013

Note: Introduction -- Sanctioning models : theories and their scope -- Methodology for a virtual world -- A tale of two methods -- When theories shake hands -- Models of climate : values and uncertainties -- Reliability without truth -- Conclusion..

Note: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part One: Prehistory; 1. Introduction; 2. Sex and Salesmanship; 3. Seduction and the Emotions; 4. Social Primates; Part Two: Today; 5. Testing for Talent; 6. What Do Women Want?; 7. Coalitions of the Willing; 8. The Scarcity of Charm; 9. The Tender War; Notes; References; Index.

Note: Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Friends of the Earth: rethinking travel; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; PART 1: THINKING BEYOND FLYING; Chapter 1: To fly or not to fly?; Chapter 2: Deciding never to fly again; Chapter 3: Young people and climate change; Chapter 4: Waking up to the downsides of flying; Chapter 5: Slow and low - the way to go: a systems view of travel emissions; PART 2: BUSINESS BEYOND FLYING; Chapter 6: A green travel experiment; Chapter 7: Trains versus planes: building a low-carbon travel agency. , Chapter 8: Going cold turkey: a law practice without any flightsChapter 9: The no-flying conference: Signs of Change; Chapter 10: Slowlier than thou: why flight-free travel is about better, not less; PART 3: SAVOURING THE JOURNEY; Chapter 11: The human engine: bicycling to Beijing; Chapter 12: Walking distance; Chapter 13: bike2oz: the world going through you instead of around you; Chapter 14: A small matter of distance: trying not to fly to climate talks; Chapter 15: Travel on a hot planet: exploring the global tourist industry overland; How to fly less; Index; Other Green Books titles. , About Green Books.

Note: Chapter 1 Not Another Crisis! -- Chapter 2 From Abundance to Scarcity in 25 Years -- Chapter 3 Causes of Water Scarcity -- Chapter 4 Climate Change and Water -- Chapter 5 Agriculture and Water -- Chapter 6 Water, Food, and Poverty -- Chapter 7 Integrating Water Planning and Management -- Chapter 8 Water Governance for People and the Environment -- Chapter 9 Water Rights and Water Costs -- Chapter 10 Solving the World’s Water Problems

Note: Erscheinungsjahr in Vorlageform:c 1971

Note: Contents: Part I Introductory Section. - 1 High-Resolution Paleoclimatology / Raymond S. Bradley. - 2 Dendroclimatology in High-Resolution Paleoclimatology / Malcolm K. Hughes. - Part II Scientific Bases of Dendroclimatology. - 3 How Well Understood Are the Processes that Create Dendroclimatic Records? A Mechanistic Model of the Climatic Control on Conifer Tree-Ring Growth Dynamics / Eugene A. Vaganov, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, and Michael N. Evans. - 4 Uncertainty, Emergence, and Statistics in Dendrochronology / Edward R. Cook and Neil Pederson. - 5 A Closer Look at Regional Curve Standardization of Tree-Ring Records: Justification of the Need, a Warning of Some Pitfalls, and Suggested Improvements in Its Application / Keith R. Briffa and Thomas M. Melvin. - 6 Stable Isotopes in Dendroclimatology: Moving Beyond ‘Potential’ / Mary Gagen, Danny McCarroll, Neil J. Loader, and Iain Robertson. - Part III Reconstruction of Climate Patterns and Values Relative to Today’s Climate. - 7 Dendroclimatology from Regional to Continental Scales: Understanding Regional Processes to Reconstruct Large-Scale Climatic Variations Across the Western Americas / Ricardo Villalba, Brian H. Luckman, Jose Boninsegna,Rosanne D. D’Arrigo, Antonio Lara, Jose Villanueva-Diaz, Mariano Masiokas, Jaime Argollo, Claudia Soliz, Carlos LeQuesne, David W. Stahle, Fidel Roig, Juan Carlos Aravena, Malcolm K. Hughes, Gregory Wiles, Gordon Jacoby, Peter Hartsough, Robert J.S. Wilson, Emma Watson, Edward R. Cook, Julian Cerano-Paredes, Matthew Therrell, Malcolm Cleaveland, Mariano S. Morales, Nicholas E. Graham, Jorge Moya, Jeanette Pacajes, Guillermina Massacchesi, Franco Biondi, Rocio Urrutia, and Guillermo Martinez Pastur. - Part IV Applications of Dendroclimatology. - 8 Application of Streamflow Reconstruction to Water Resources Management / David M. Meko and Connie A. Woodhouse. - 9 Climatic Inferences from Dendroecological Reconstructions / Thomas W. Swetnam and Peter M. Brown. - 10 North American Tree Rings, Climatic Extremes, and Social Disasters / David W. Stahle and Jeffrey S. Dean. - Part V Overview. - 11 Tree Rings and Climate: Sharpening the Focus / Malcolm K. Hughes, Henry F. Diaz, and Thomas W. Swetnam. - Index.