Climate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas

Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Climate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas

Editor(s): Carmen de Jong, David Collins, Roberto Ranzi

Published Online: 27 JAN 2006

Print ISBN: 9780470858141

Online ISBN: 9780470858240

DOI: 10.1002/0470858249

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A comprehensive overview of interaction of the major hydrological and meteorological processes in mountain areas ie Cryosphere and Climatic Change, Snow Melt and Soil Water, Run-off and Floods, Water fluxes and Water Balance, Hydro-meteorological Coupling and Modelling. Each section will review recent research in the field and  illustrate key interactions with case studies from mountainous regions in Europe, The Americas and Central Asia.

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      Front Matter (pages i–xvii)

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      Color Plates (pages C1–C12)

    1. Introduction: Climate and Hydrology in Mountain Areas (pages xix–xxi)

      Carmen de Jong, Roberto Ranzi and David Collins

    1. Chapter 1

      Alpine Climate Change and Cryospheric Responses: An Introduction (pages 1–4)

      Roger G. Barry

  5. Part I: Snow and Ice Melt

    1. Chapter 2

      Use of Positive Degree-Day Methods for Calculating Snow and Ice Melting and Discharge in Glacierized Basins in the Langtang Valley, Central Nepal (pages 5–14)

      Rijan B. Kayastha, Yutaka Ageta and Koji Fujita

    2. Chapter 3

      Surface Energy Balance of High Altitude Glaciers in the Central Andes: The Effect of Snow Penitentes (pages 15–27)

      Javier G. Corripio and Ross S. Purves

    3. Chapter 4

      Using Subgrid Parameterisation and a Forest Canopy Climate Model for Improving Forecasts of Snowmelt Runoff (pages 29–44)

      Ulrich Strasser and Pierre Etchevers

    4. Chapter 5

      Assessment of Snow-Covered Areas Using Air Temperatures During Melt in a Mountainous Basin (pages 45–55)

      Pratap Singh and Lars Bengtsson

  6. Part II: Soil Water and Permafrost

    1. Chapter 6

      Permafrost Monitoring in High Mountain Areas Using a Coupled Geophysical and Meteorological Approach (pages 57–71)

      Christian Hauck, Daniel Vonder Mühll and Martin Hoelzle

    2. Chapter 7

      Effects of Frozen Soil on the Groundwater Recharge in Alpine Areas (pages 73–83)

      Daniel Bayard and Manfred Stähli

    3. Chapter 8

      Water Balance in Surface Soil: Analytical Solutions of Flow Equations and Measurements in the Alpine Toce Valley (pages 85–100)

      Marilena Menziani, Sergio Pugnaghi, Sergio Vincenzi and Renato Santangelo

    4. Chapter 9

      Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Water Retention Relationships for Alpine Mountain Soils (pages 101–121)

      Stefano Barontini, Alberto Clerici, Roberto Ranzi and Baldassare Bacchi

  7. Part III: Evapotranspiration and Water Balance

    1. Chapter 10

      Water Balance Modeling with Fuzzy Parameterizations: Application to An Alpine Catchment (pages 123–146)

      Gerald Eder, Hans-Peter Nachtnebel and Murugesu Sivapalan

    2. Chapter 11

      Water Relations of an Old-Growth Douglas Fir Stand (pages 147–159)

      Timothy E. Link, Gerald N. Flerchinger, Mike Unsworth and Danny Marks

    3. Chapter 12

      Comparison of Evapotranspiration and Condensation Measurements between the Giant Mountains and the Alps (pages 161–183)

      Carmen De Jong, Marco Mundelius and Krzysztof Migała

    4. Chapter 13

      Climatologic and Hydrologic Coupling in the Ecology of Norwegian High Mountain Catchments (pages 185–214)

      Jörg Löffler and Ole Rößler

  8. Part IV: Coupling Meteorology and Hydrology

    1. Chapter 14

      Runoff and Floods in the Alps: An Overview (pages 215–220)

      Baldassare Bacchi and Vigilio Villi

    2. Chapter 15

      The Use of Coupled Meteorological and Hydrological Models for Flash Flood Simulation (pages 221–232)

      Charles A. Lin, Lei Wen, Diane Chaumont and Michel Béland

    3. Chapter 16

      Operational Weather Radar Assessment of Convective Precipitation as an Input to Flood Modelling in Mountainous Basins (pages 233–246)

      Stefan Uhlenbrook and Doerthe Tetzlaff

    4. Chapter 17

      Geomorphological Zoning: An Improvement to Coupling Alpine Hydrology and Meteorology? (pages 247–260)

      Carmen De Jong, Peter Ergenzinger, Martin Borufka, Arne Köcher and Martin Dresen

  9. Part V: Climate Change Impact and Mountain Hydrology

    1. Chapter 18

      The Influence of Glacier Retreat on Water Yield from High Mountain Areas: Comparison of Alps and Central Asia (pages 261–275)

      Wilfried Hagg and Ludwig Braun

    2. Chapter 19

      Snowmelt under Different Temperature Increase Scenarios in the Swiss Alps (pages 277–289)

      Franziska Keller and Stéphane Goyette

    3. Chapter 20

      Climate Variability, Water Resources, and Hydrologic Extremes – Modeling the Water and Energy Budgets (pages 291–306)

      Osman Yildiz and Ana P. Barros

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      Index (pages 307–315)

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