Land surface evaporation: Measurement and parameterization
- eds.
This book, which largely addresses issues suggested by its title, is based on papers presented at a workshop at Banyuls, France. This is one of the better books of its type. There is a strong emphasis on the role of land-surface evaporation in connection to the atmospheric and hydrological components of the climate system. The chapters are all well written and complement each other over a wide range of topics. Strong editing is evident, however, the individual chapters have not been closely integrated beyond adequate cross referencing. A variety of subject matter common to many of the chapters is briefly but redundantly introduced in several individual chapters rather than treated with enough explanation in one place for a beginning student to learn it. This was particularly evident in the various cursory introductions to the Monin-Obukhov similarity theory scattered throughout the book. Also, it is easy to find technical terms that go undefined-for example, mesoscale alpha and beta. Thus, the audience that will be served is advanced graduate students and professional who are looking for good general reviews of the current status of the materials treated.
- OSTI ID:
- 7287038
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: From review by Robert Dickenson, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, in Bulletin American of the Meterorological Society, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Mar 1992) $89.00
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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