Overview

The United Nations' International Year of Mountains - 2002 can be regarded as the culmination of a long process involving research, development of research networks, a greater awareness by various sectors of society of the critical importance of mountain regions for a sustainable future, and recognition of that fact by policy makers. This volume reviews climatic trends in high elevation regions of the world, assessing the reliability of various environmental indicators that can be used for monitoring climatic change and whether physical impacts of climatic change in high elevation areas are becoming evident, as well discussing a range of monitoring strategies needed to observe and to understand the nature of such changes.

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Author:   Henry F. Diaz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Volume:   15
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.659kg
ISBN:  

9781402013867

ISBN 10:   1402013868
Pages:   283
Publication Date:   31 July 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Climate Variability and Change in High Elevation Regions: Past, Present and Future.- Climatic Change in Mountain Regions: A Review of Possible Impacts.- Variability of Freezing Levels, Melting Season Indicators, and Snow Cover for Selected High-Elevation and Continental Regions in the Last 50 Years.- Comparison of Lower-Tropospheric Temperature Climatologies and Trends at Low and High Elevation Radiosonde Sites.- 20th Century Climate Change in the Tropical Andes: Observations and Model Results.- The Impact that Elevation has on the ENSO Signal in Precipitation Records from the Gulf of Alaska Region.- The Health of Glaciers: Recent Changes in Glacier Regime.- Tropical Glacier and Ice Core Evidence of Climate Change on Annual to Millennial Time Scales.- Glaciers and Climate in the Andes between the Equator and 30° S: What is Recorded under Extreme Environmental Conditions?.- Large-Scale Temperature Changes across the Southern Andes: 20th-Century Variations in the Context of the Past 400 Years.- Frequency-Dependent Climate Signal in Upper and Lower Forest Border Tree Rings in the Mountains of the Great Basin.- Upper Yellowstone River Flow and Teleconnections with Pacific Basin Climate Variability during the Past Three Centuries.- Taking the Pulse of Mountains: Ecosystem Responses to Climatic Variability.

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