La Niña And Its Impacts

Author : Michael J. McPhaden,Agus Santoso,Wenju Cai
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119548126

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El Niño Southern Oscillation in a Changing Climate by Michael J. McPhaden,Agus Santoso,Wenju Cai Pdf

Comprehensive and up-to-date information on Earth’s most dominant year-to-year climate variation The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) in the Pacific Ocean has major worldwide social and economic consequences through its global scale effects on atmospheric and oceanic circulation, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and other natural systems. Ongoing climate change is projected to significantly alter ENSO's dynamics and impacts. El Niño Southern Oscillation in a Changing Climate presents the latest theories, models, and observations, and explores the challenges of forecasting ENSO as the climate continues to change. Volume highlights include: Historical background on ENSO and its societal consequences Review of key El Niño (ENSO warm phase) and La Niña (ENSO cold phase) characteristics Mathematical description of the underlying physical processes that generate ENSO variations Conceptual framework for understanding ENSO changes on decadal and longer time scales, including the response to greenhouse gas forcing ENSO impacts on extreme ocean, weather, and climate events, including tropical cyclones, and how ENSO affects fisheries and the global carbon cycle Advances in modeling, paleo-reconstructions, and operational climate forecasting Future projections of ENSO and its impacts Factors influencing ENSO events, such as inter-basin climate interactions and volcanic eruptions The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Find out more about this book from this Q&A with the editors.

Author : Michael H. Glantz
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015055587383

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La Niña and Its Impacts by Michael H. Glantz Pdf

This volume is based on a meeting of researchers, forecasters, and users of La Nina forecasts, at the US National Centre for Atmospheric Research. La Nina results from air-sea interaction that reduces the surface seatemperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, affecting global weather patterns. While people around the globe have become familiar with El Nino - a large-scale warming of surface water that expands to cover the tropics - and its impacts, its counterpart, La Nina, is not so well known. Researchers at this La Nina Summit indicated that La Nina events can be as devastating as those of El Nino. The overriding purpose of the summit was to draw attention to the importance of improving understanding of the La Nina phenomenon and what societies need to know in order to prepare for La Nina's impacts.

Author : Michael H. Glantz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 052178672X

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Currents of Change by Michael H. Glantz Pdf

Culture Bound is designed to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. The articles give a perspective on how language and culture interact and explore in particular the difference between interacting with another culture and entering it: language students are encouraged to understand the new culture without necessarily embracing it. This selection brings together representative practical and theoretical material written by a variety of scholars and teachers in the field. The essays are organized under three headings: language, thought, and culture; cultural differences and similarities; and classroom applications. The collection as a whole brings both breadth and depth to a topic that has been strangely neglected despite its recognized importance.

Author : Michael H. Glantz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : CHI:46193233

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Currents of Change by Michael H. Glantz Pdf

Explains simply what El Niño is, how it affects global weather patterns, and why all of us should be concerned.

Author : Henry F. Diaz,Vera Markgraf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521621380

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El Niño and the Southern Oscillation by Henry F. Diaz,Vera Markgraf Pdf

The El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon is a recurrent feature of the climate in tropical regions. In this volume leading experts summarize information gained over the past decade concerning diverse aspects of ENSO, which have led to marked improvements in our ability to forecast its development months or seasons in advance. This volume compares ENSO's modern morphology and variability with its recent historic and prehistoric behaviour. It expands and updates Diaz and Markgraf's earlier volume El Niño: Historical and Paleoclimatic Aspects of the Southern Oscillation (1992, Cambridge University Press). The volume will be of importance to a broad range of scientists in meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, geosciences, ecology, public health, emergency management response and mitigation, and decision-making. It will also be used as a supplementary textbook and reference source in graduate courses in environmental studies.

Author : David Hopley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1226 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048126385

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Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs by David Hopley Pdf

Coral reefs are the largest landforms built by plants and animals. Their study therefore incorporates a wide range of disciplines. This encyclopedia approaches coral reefs from an earth science perspective, concentrating especially on modern reefs. Currently coral reefs are under high stress, most prominently from climate change with changes to water temperature, sea level and ocean acidification particularly damaging. Modern reefs have evolved through the massive environmental changes of the Quaternary with long periods of exposure during glacially lowered sea level periods and short periods of interglacial growth. The entries in this encyclopedia condense the large amount of work carried out since Charles Darwin first attempted to understand reef evolution. Leading authorities from many countries have contributed to the entries covering areas of geology, geography and ecology, providing comprehensive access to the most up-to-date research on the structure, form and processes operating on Quaternary coral reefs.

Author : S. George Philander
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1989-12-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080570984

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El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation by S. George Philander Pdf

El Nino and the Southern Oscillation is by far the most striking phenomenon caused by the interplay of ocean and atmosphere. It can be explained neither in strictly oceanographic nor strictly meteorological terms. This volume provides a brief history of the subject, summarizes the oceanographic and meteorological observations and theories, and discusses the recent advances in computer modeling studies of the phenomenon. Includes a comprehensive and up-to-date research survey Discusses in detail sophisticated computer models Provides a clear exposition of the major problems which prevent more accurate predictions of El Nino

Author : César Caviedes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015053131887

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El Niño in History by César Caviedes Pdf

Cesar Caviedes provides a comprehensive historical account of El Nino, the fascinating and disruptive weather phenomenon that has affected weather cycles all over the globe for thousands of years. Combining scientific accuracy with readable presentation, he brings together all existing information, references and clues about past El Nino occurrences and their impact on political, military, social, economic and environmental history. This sweeping demonstration of the impact of climatic fluctuation on human history should be fascinating to the scientific community as well as to the general public.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme
Publisher : UN
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9211005809

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The El Niño Phenomenon by United Nations Environment Programme Pdf

An examination of the effects of, and research into, the El Nino phenomenon. Originating in the Pacific region, El Nino effects a reversal in the direction of winds and ocean currents, and changes in ocean temperature between Indonesia and the Pacific coas

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521634555

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The Regional Impacts of Climate Change by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II. Pdf

Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Author : A. M. Babkina
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1590334124

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El Niño by A. M. Babkina Pdf

The term El Niño (Spanish for "the Christ Child") was originally used by fishermen along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru to refer to a warm ocean current that typically appears around Christmastime and lasts for several months. Fish are less abundant during these warm intervals, yet in some years, however, the water is especially warm and the break in the fishing season persists into May or even June. El Niño also brings heavy rains. During the past 40 years, nine El Niños have affected the South American coast. Most of them raised water temperatures not only along the coast, but also at the Galapagos islands and in a belt stretching 5000 miles across the equatorial Pacific. The weaker events raised sea temperatures only by one to two degrees Fahrenheit, but the strong ones, like the El Niño of 1982-83, left an imprint, not only upon the local weather and marine life, but also on climatic conditions around the globe. This book includes a detailed overview and bibliography with complete title, author and subject indexes.

Author : Bruno Voituriez,Guy Jacques
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : UCSD:31822035384106

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El Niño by Bruno Voituriez,Guy Jacques Pdf

El Nino, caprice of the heavens, scapegoat for every calamity? The general public cannot really understand what is behind the El Nino phenomenon. The book offers a tour of the Earth's climate to understand one of its normal but extreme components.

Author : Oscar E. Rojas,Yanyun Li,Renato Cumani
Publisher : Environment and Natural Resour
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : IND:30000137273235

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Understanding the Drought Impact of El Niño on the Global Agricultural Areas by Oscar E. Rojas,Yanyun Li,Renato Cumani Pdf

This study is carried out under the auspices of the new FAO Strategic Framework, for the Strategic Objective 5 Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises . The study outcomes are expected to enhance further discussions on our understanding of the El Nino Phenomenon and add to the growing literature. This would in turn improve effective early warning capabilities of FAO and partners to issue and trigger timely disaster risk reduction measures."

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : PSU:000043015191

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Here Comes La Niña by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Pdf

Author : Z. Bedo,L. Láng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401736749

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Wheat in a Global Environment by Z. Bedo,L. Láng Pdf

Wheat breeders have achieved significant results over the last fifty years in research on mankind's one of the most important crops. Classical genetic and breeding methods, far broader international cooperation than was experienced in earlier periods, and improvements in agronomic techniques have led to previously unimaginable development in the utilisation of wheat for human consumption. The contribution of wheat researchers is particularly noteworthy since these results have been achieved at a time when the world population has grown extremely dynamically. Despite this demographic explosion, of a proportion never previously experienced, thousands of millions of people have been saved from starvation, thus avoiding unpredictable social consequences and situations irreconcilable with human dignity. Despite these developments in many regions of the world food supplies are still uncertain and the increase in the world's wheat production has not kept pace with the population increase during the last decade. Due to the evils of civilisation and the pollution of the environment there is a constant decline in the per capita area of land suitable for agricultural production. Based on population estimates for 2030, the present wheat yield of around 600 million tonnes will have to be increased to almost 1000 million tonnes if food supplies are to be maintained at the present level.