Preface

List of Contributors

Introduction

1. Predicting the Hydrological Effects of Climate Change

J.A.A. Jones

Section I Sensitivity of the Global Hybrosphere

Section Summary

2. An Introduction to Global Water Dynamics

I. Kayane

3. Modelling the Biospheric Aspects of the Hydrological Cycle: Upscaling Processes and Dowanscaling Weather Data

B. Bass

N. Akkur

J. Russo

J. Zack

4. Trends in Historical Steamflow Records

F.H.S. Chiew

T.A. McMahon

Section II Regional Implications of Global Warming

Section Summary

5. Hydrology of Northern North America under Global Warming

M.-K. Woo

6. Current Evidence on the Likely Impact of Global Warming on Hydrological Regimes in Europe

J.A.A. Jones

7. The Impact of Climatic Warming on Hydrological Regimes in China: An Overview

L. Changming

F. Guobin

Section III Precipitation Change and Variability

Section Summary

8. The Influence of Topography, Season and Circulation on Spatial Patterns of Daily Precipitation

P.J. Robinson

9. Use of Artificial Neural Networks in Precipitation Forecasting

H.-T. Kung

L.Yu. Lin

S. Malasri

10. Generation of Sequences of Air Temperature and Precipitation for Estimation of the Hydrological Cycle in Changing Climatic Conditions in Poland

M. Gutry-Korycka

P. Werner

11. Some Aspects of Climatic Fluctuation at Four Stations on the Tibetan Plateau during the Last 40 Years

M. Yoshino

12. The Influences of the North Atlantic Oscillation, the EI Nino/Southern Oscillation and the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on Winter Precipitation in Ireland

S. Daultrey

Section IV Impacts on Snow, Ice and Meltwaters

Section Summary

13. Runoff Formation and Discharge Modelling of a Glacierized Basin in the Tianshan Mountains

K. Ersi

S. Yafeng

A. Ohmura

H. Lang

14. Impact of Future Climate Change on Glacier Runoff and the Possibilities for Artificially Increasing Melt Water Runoff in the Aral Sea Basin

A.N. Krenke

G.N. Kravchenko

15. Glaciers and Snowcover in Central Asia as Indicators of Climate Change in the Earth-Ocean-Atmosphere System

V.B. Aizen

E.M. Aizen

16. Global Warming and the Trend toward Dryness in the Frigid High Mountains and Plateau of Western China

L.-S. Zhang

Section V The Water Balance and Changing Regioanl Resources

Section Summary

17. A Method to Assess the Effects of Climatic Warming on the Water Balance of Mountainous Regions

C. Liu

M.-K. Woo

18. Sensitivity Analyses for the Impact of Global Warming on Water Resources in Wales

C.P. Holt

J.A.A. Jones

19. Potential Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in Australia

F.H.S. Chiew

Q.J. Wang

T.A. McMahon

B.C. Bates

P.H. Whetton

20. Dynamics of Stage Fluctuation in Yangzhouyongcuo Lake, Tibetan Plateau

T. Liu

21. Derivation of Surface Temperature, Albedo, and Radiative Fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau Based on Satellite Measurement

L. Shi

22. Climatic Warming and its Impact on the Water Resources of the Yalong River, China

D. Yuren

H. Yuguang

23. The Probable Impact of Global Change on the Water Resources of Patagonia, Argentina

R.M. Quintela

O.E. Scarpati

L.B. Spescha

A.D. Capriolo

24. Long Term Trends in the Water Balance of Central Japan

K. Mori

Conclusions

25. The Impact Global Warming on Regional Hydrology and Future Research Priorities

J.A.A. Jones

Index