Earth Surface Processes And Environmental Changes In East Asia

Author : Kenji Kashiwaya,Ji Shen,Ju Yong Kim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9784431555407

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Earth Surface Processes and Environmental Changes in East Asia by Kenji Kashiwaya,Ji Shen,Ju Yong Kim Pdf

This book examines relationships between climate-hydrological changes and other phenomena including land use and natural disasters during the Holocene and recent past. In particular, periods of rapid climatic shifts such as global warming and global cooling are examined through paleohydrological and other studies of various lake-catchment systems in East Asia, from Mongolia in the north to Taiwan in the south. A number of different research techniques are used in the work presented here, including sediment analysis and optically stimulated luminescence dating and the reader learns how the lake-catchment system functions as a “proxy observatory” for past and present environmental monitoring. The lake catchments studied by the authors of this volume are under similar climatic conditions, i.e., under the East Asia monsoon, with some systematic difference in climatic factors. Both proxy and observation data are available for the surrounding countries’ provisions against natural disasters that are related to climate-hydrological events and readers will see how present instrumental observation data can be connected to past proxy data (sediment information) in the system.

Author : Kenji Kashiwaya
Publisher : Springer
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811051104

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Geomorphology of Lake-Catchment Systems by Kenji Kashiwaya Pdf

This book presents the study of limnogeomorphology, in which past proxy data such as lacustrine sediments with information on landform development can be linked to modern observed data acquired by instruments, including hydro-geomorphological and sedimentary data. Traditionally, in the field of earth sciences, it has been thought that geophysical studies dealing mainly with the present process were not smoothly linked to geological studies that originated from historical studies. Although such earth-surface process studies are closely related to those on historical landform development in the field of geomorphology, they have been studied separately. Those two geomorphology studies correspond to process geomorphology (dynamic geomorphology) and historical geomorphology. There have been some attempts to combine them; however, they lacked past quantitative records available for further analyses. In the study of limnogeomorphology, proxy data can be converted to quantitative information to be utilized in future environmental discussions. This book also covers information not only on large lake-catchment systems, but on small systems. Those include long-term and short-term and large-scale and small-scale environmental changes in east Eurasia such as Lake Baikal, Lake Khuvsgul, Lake Biwa, and small lakes in Japan, Mongolia, China, and Korea.

Author : Alexander Orkhonselenge,Munkhjargal Uuganzaya,Tuyagerel Davaagatan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030991203

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Lakes of Mongolia by Alexander Orkhonselenge,Munkhjargal Uuganzaya,Tuyagerel Davaagatan Pdf

This book provides an overview of lakes in Mongolia from scientific, economic and scenic points of view, presenting lake area changes, their sedimentological and geochemical characteristics, valuable economic and geoheritage resources and paleoclimate change reconstruction. The book emphasizes internationally well-known lakes of Mongolia, but it also describes far less popular lakes which have remained unrecognized for scientific importance. The book offers modern, qualitative, process-oriented approaches and quantitative analytic results-based implications to understand the geomorphological, sedimentological and geochemical evolution of lake basins in Mongolia, and past and present climate changes in Mongolia and Eurasia. Insights into the interpretation of data obtained from the lake basins in the fields of geomorphology, sedimentology, geochemistry, geochronology and paleoclimatology are developed from theoretical principles, empirical observations, correlative illustrations, analytic measurements and conscious hypotheses. Based on the application of a combined compilation of recent Landsat 8 images of the lakes and topographic maps of them in 1970, this book presents enriched results and implications derived from remote sensing together with field measurements and laboratory analyses. This data compilation belongs to a research team at the Laboratory of Geochemistry and Geomorphology (LGG), National University of Mongolia (NUM).

Author : Rajat Mazumder
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789819701124

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Surface Environments and Human Interactions by Rajat Mazumder Pdf

Author : Zehao Shen,George P. Malanson,Jinlong Zhang,Meng Yao
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889710805

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Temporal Patterns and Mechanisms of Biodiversity Across Scales in East Asia by Zehao Shen,George P. Malanson,Jinlong Zhang,Meng Yao Pdf

Author : Song Yang,Renguang Wu,Maoqiu Jian,Jian Huang,Xiaoming Hu,Ziqian Wang,Xingwen Jiang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811582257

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Climate Change in Southeast Asia and Surrounding Areas by Song Yang,Renguang Wu,Maoqiu Jian,Jian Huang,Xiaoming Hu,Ziqian Wang,Xingwen Jiang Pdf

This book is mainly focused on the climate change in Southeast Asia and its adjacent regions. It summarizes results from recent scientific research based on observational analysis, data diagnosis, theoretical analysis, and model simulations. The book covers the following research areas: (1) characteristics and mechanisms of spring–summer atmospheric circulation systems, (2) ocean-atmosphere-land interaction and climate variability, (3) climate effect of the Tibetan Plateau, (4) attribution of regional climate change and feedback/impact of regional climate on the global climate, and (5) seasonal-to-subseasonal climate prediction. It is anticipated that the book provides useful information for enhancing our understanding of the change in climate over Southeast Asia and the adjacent regions.

Author : Sarah E. Metcalfe,David J. Nash
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 826 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781118336175

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Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics by Sarah E. Metcalfe,David J. Nash Pdf

The global climate changes that led to the expansion and contraction of high latitude ice sheets during the Quaternary period were associated with equally dramatic changes in tropical environments. These included shifts in vegetation zones, changes in the hydrology and ecology of lakes and rivers, and fluctuations in the size of mountain glaciers and sandy deserts. Until recently it was thought that such changes were triggered by fluctuations in the distribution of polar ice cover. Now there is increasing recognition that the tropics themselves have acted as drivers of global climate change over a range of timescales. The aim of Quaternary Environmental Change in the Tropics is to provide a synthesis of the changes that occurred in tropical terrestrial and marine systems during the Pleistocene and Holocene, complementing data-derived reconstructions with output from state-of-the-art climate models. It is targeted at final-year undergraduate students and research specialists, but will provide an introduction to tropical Quaternary research for a variety of other readers.

Author : Xuhua Shi,Hanlin Chen,Rong Yang,Huiping Zhang,Xiaoping Yuan
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889769827

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Continental Basin and Orogenic Processes: Tectonic Deformation and Associated Landscape and Environmental Evolution by Xuhua Shi,Hanlin Chen,Rong Yang,Huiping Zhang,Xiaoping Yuan Pdf

Author : Paul G. Harris,Graeme Lang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317685715

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Routledge Handbook of Environment and Society in Asia by Paul G. Harris,Graeme Lang Pdf

Nowhere is the connection between society and the environment more evident and potentially more harmful for the future of the world than in Asia. In recent decades, rapid development of Asian countries with very large populations has led to an unprecedented increase in environmental problems such as air and water pollution, solid and hazardous wastes, deforestation, depletion of natural resources and extinction of native species. This handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the cultural, social and policy contexts of environmental change across East Asia. The team of international experts critically examine a wide range of environmental problems related to energy, climate change, air, land, water, fisheries, forests and wildlife. The editors conclude that, with nearly half of the human population of the planet, and several rapidly growing economies, most notably China, Asian societies will determine much of the future of human impacts on the regional and global environments. As climate change-related threats to society increase, the book strongly argues for increased environmental consciousness and action in Asian societies. This handbook is a very valuable companion for students, scholars, policy makers and researchers working on environmental issues in Asia.

Author : Virginia H. Dale
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781461383635

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Effects of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations by Virginia H. Dale Pdf

Roger C. Dahlman Environmental Sciences Division U.S. Department of Energy Washington, D.C. The potential for humans to alter Earth's atmosphere has been recognized since the end of the 19th century when Arrhenius estimated that a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide could alter the atmospheric radiation balance and raise average global temperature. Today, atmospheric CO concentrations play an important part in the 2 climate-change debate. Sources and sinks of CO associated with land use can be 2 significant determinants of the rate and magnitude of atmospheric CO change. 2 Combustion of fossil fuels and the deforestation associated with land-use change both contribute CO to the atmosphere; in contrast, biological processes on land create 2 potential sinks for the excess CO . Thus, land-use change and associated biological 2 processes become important elements in assessments of future atmospheric CO 2 increase; land-cover properties also affect the Earth's albedo, which is a climate feedback.

Author : Pavel Kabat,Martin Claussen,Paul A. Dirmeyer,John H.C. Gash,Lelys Bravo de Guenni,Michel Meybeck,Roger Pielke,Charles J. Vörösmarty,Ronald W.A. Hutjes,Sabine Lütkemeier
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642189487

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Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate by Pavel Kabat,Martin Claussen,Paul A. Dirmeyer,John H.C. Gash,Lelys Bravo de Guenni,Michel Meybeck,Roger Pielke,Charles J. Vörösmarty,Ronald W.A. Hutjes,Sabine Lütkemeier Pdf

A state-of-the-art overview of the influence of terrestrial vegetation and soils within the Earth system. The text deals especially with interactions between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere via the hydrological cycle and their interlinkage with anthropogenic activities. Measurements gathered in integrated field experiments in the Sahel, the Amazon, North America and South-east Asia confirm the importance of these interactions. Observations are complemented by modelling studies, including regional models that simulate flows and transport in river catchments, coupled land-cover and regional climate systems, and Earth-system and global circulation models. Water, nutrient and sediment fluxes in river basins are also discussed and are shown to be highly impacted and regulated by humans through land use, pollution and river engineering. Finally, the book discusses environmental vulnerability and methodologies for assessing the risks associated with regional and global climatic and environmental variability and change. The results reported in this book are based on the research work of many individual scientists and teams around the world associated with the objectives of the IGBP-BAHC and WCRP-GEWEX international research programmes.

Author : Seon Ki Park
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031405679

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Numerical Weather Prediction: East Asian Perspectives by Seon Ki Park Pdf

This book describes the history, development, current status of numerical weather prediction (NWP), in both operational and research modes, and various applications of NWP models, which have been made by the scientists in East Asian countries. In particular, it introduces the major contributions to the worldwide NWP community achieved by East Asian scientists, including parameterizations, data assimilation techniques, parameter optimizations, and applications of the NWP models to improve the forecasts of high-impact weather systems in East Asia. This book provides both research scientists and graduate students with basic knowledge and insights on the development of NWP in East Asia.

Author : Huadong Guo,Michael F. Goodchild,Alessandro Annoni
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789813299153

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Manual of Digital Earth by Huadong Guo,Michael F. Goodchild,Alessandro Annoni Pdf

This open access book offers a summary of the development of Digital Earth over the past twenty years. By reviewing the initial vision of Digital Earth, the evolution of that vision, the relevant key technologies, and the role of Digital Earth in helping people respond to global challenges, this publication reveals how and why Digital Earth is becoming vital for acquiring, processing, analysing and mining the rapidly growing volume of global data sets about the Earth. The main aspects of Digital Earth covered here include: Digital Earth platforms, remote sensing and navigation satellites, processing and visualizing geospatial information, geospatial information infrastructures, big data and cloud computing, transformation and zooming, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and social media. Moreover, the book covers in detail the multi-layered/multi-faceted roles of Digital Earth in response to sustainable development goals, climate changes, and mitigating disasters, the applications of Digital Earth (such as digital city and digital heritage), the citizen science in support of Digital Earth, the economic value of Digital Earth, and so on. This book also reviews the regional and national development of Digital Earth around the world, and discusses the role and effect of education and ethics. Lastly, it concludes with a summary of the challenges and forecasts the future trends of Digital Earth. By sharing case studies and a broad range of general and scientific insights into the science and technology of Digital Earth, this book offers an essential introduction for an ever-growing international audience.

Author : Sung Kwun Chough
Publisher : Newnes
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780124055124

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Geology and Sedimentology of the Korean Peninsula by Sung Kwun Chough Pdf

Written by one of Korea's most respected earth scientists, Geology and Sedimentology of the Korean Peninsula analyzes sedimentary facies, basin evolution, and sequence stratigraphy to provide answers to depositional processes and environmental changes through the Earth's history, including tectonic events, climate changes, and sea-level fluctuations. This is one of the first books covering the geology of the Korean peninsula. It offers an in-depth exploration of this region, which also allows comparison with sedimentary basins around the world. This is an important book for students, researchers, and professionals working in the geography of East Asia. The study of sedimentary basins can help advance basic understanding of how the Earth's crust developed, as well as offer insights into the influence of environmental and climate change. Sedimentary basins are also of interest due to their importance in the exploration and recovery of natural resources, including oil and gas, water, and industrial minerals. Provides fundamental information on the geology of East Asia Serves as a guide for integrated sedimentary basin analysis, providing a detailed aid for comparative research Contains over 200 figures to illustrate the analysis

Author : Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (Project)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1901502783

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Climate Variability and Change by Flow Regimes from International Experimental and Network Data (Project) Pdf

This volume contains 117 reviewed papers from over 30 countries, published in English, French and Spanish, which reflect both international dimension of FRIEND and the key challenges facing hydrologists in the 21st century.