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1 online resource (291 p.) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Scope of the Subject and Recent Highlights -- 1.2 Some Definitions and Terms of Reference -- 1.3 Characteristics of Cold Region Climatology -- 1.4 Classification of Cold Region Climatology -- 1.5 Impacts of Cold Regions on Global Climate -- 1.6 Contribution of Cold Regions to Energy Balance -- 1.7 Summary -- Chapter 2 Climate in Cold Regions -- 2.1 General Circulation -- 2.2 Low and High Frequency of Atmosphere Variability -- 2.3 Weather Systems |
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2.3.1 The Polar Circulation -- 2.3.2 Polar Vortex -- 2.3.3 Polar Jet -- 2.3.4 Polar Low -- 2.3.5 Blocking High -- 2.3.6 Polar High -- 2.3.7 Stratospheric Sudden Warming -- 2.3.8 Weather Systems on the Tibetan Plateau -- 2.4 Radiation -- 2.4.1 Surface Radiation Budget -- 2.4.2 Aerosol-Cloud Radiative Effect -- 2.5 Precipitation and Snow -- 2.6 Frozen Ground -- 2.7 Hydrology -- 2.8 Winter Monsoon -- Chapter 3 Land-Surface Process in Cold Regions -- 3.1 Land-Surface Characteristics in Cold Regions -- 3.1.1 Overview -- 3.1.2 Sea-Ice Cover -- 3.1.3 Land-Surface Evapotranspiration |
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3.2 Daily and Seasonal Cycle of Freeze-Thaw in Soil -- 3.3 Soil Freezing-Thawing and Snow-Melting Processes and their Hydrothermal Effects -- 3.4 Impacts of Soil Freeze-Thaw Process and Snow Melting on Surface Diabatic Heating -- Chapter 4 Land-Atmospheric Interaction in Cold Region -- 4.1 Spring Predictability Barrier -- 4.2 Signal of Climate Prediction in Land Processes in Cold Regions -- 4.3 Improvement of Climate Prediction by Assimilating Land-Surface Signals in Cold Regions -- 4.4 Soil-Moisture Memory in Cold Regions -- 4.5 Soil-Moisture Climate Coupling in Cold Regions |
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4.6 Snow-Climate Coupling in Cold Regions -- Chapter 5 Models and Modeling in Cold Regions -- 5.1 Snow and Freeze-Thaw Parameterizations -- 5.2 Hydrothermal Coupling Scheme in the Land-Surface Model -- 5.3 Simulation of Land-Surface Process in Cold Regions -- Chapter 6 Hydrological Processes in Cold Regions -- 6.1 Glacier Hydrology -- 6.2 Snowmelt Runoff -- 6.3 Frozen Soil and Hydrology -- 6.4 River Ice and Lake-Ice Hydrology -- 6.5 Sea-Ice Hydrology -- 6.6 Sea Ice -- 6.7 Characteristics of Sea Ice Regimes in China -- 6.8 Precipitation Rates on the Tibetan Plateau |
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6.9 Precipitation Recycling on the Tibetan Plateau -- Chapter 7 Ecology and Vegetation in Cold Regions -- 7.1 Overview -- 7.2 Ecology and Vegetation Characteristics on the Tibetan Plateau -- 7.2.1 Spatial Distribution of Ecology and Vegetation -- 7.2.2 Vegetation Variations Respond to Climate Change -- 7.3 Ecology and Vegetation Characteristics in Middle and High Latitudes -- 7.3.1 Northern China -- 7.3.2 Europe -- 7.3.3 North America -- 7.4 Ecology and Vegetation Characteristics in the Arctic Region -- Chapter 8 The Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle in Cold Regions |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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8.1 Carbon, Nitrogen, and Greenhouse Gases on the Tibetan Plateau |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119702672 |
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1119702674 |
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1119702682 |
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9781119702689 |
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