Forests, Climate, and Hydrology• Regional Impacts
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Forests, Climate, and Hydrology
• Regional Impacts
Table of contents (227 p.)
Edited by Evan R. C. Reynolds and Frank B. Thompson
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© The United Nations University, 1988
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Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
Abstract
Sensationalism
Localized area of impact
Methodology
Objectives
Outcome
2. The living past: Time state of the tropical rain forest
Abstract
Historical background
The modern forest
Man and the forest
The forest strikes back
References
3. Effects of tropical forest on water yield
Abstract
The tropical forest regions
Hydrological processes in tropical forests
Water yield characteristics
Methods of detecting the effects of forests on water yield
Effects of tropical forests on water yield
Conclusion
Appendix
Symbols and abbreviations
References
Assessment
4. Effects of forests on precipitation in India
Abstract
Introduction
The mechanism of rainfall
Observations on the effect of forests on rainfall
Mechanisms of forest influence
Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Assessment
5. The Influence of forests and forest reclamation practice on streamflow and water balance
Abstract
Introduction
Forest influences on precipitation
Evapotranspiration in forest and fields
Forest impact on streamflow
Effects of forest reclamation projects on the water balance and water resources
Conclusions
References
Assessment
Abstract
Introduction
Role of forests in the hydrologic cycle
Hydrologic models
Concluding remarks
References
Assessment
7. Modelling the behaviour of water
Abstract
Modelling the behaviour of water
Moisture fluxes at land surfaces
Effect of surface cover on land surface processes
Seeking new concepts of macro-hydrology
Symbols and abbreviations
References
Assessment
Abstract
Introduction
General circulation models
Response to variation in land surface properties
GCM Simulations of tropical rainfall
Recommendations for future research
Symbols and abbreviations
References
Assessment
Glossary
Workshop participants
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