Climate Change and Water Resources in South Asia

by M. Monirul Qader Mirza (Editor), Q.K Ahmad (Editor)

Overview

This book addresses the most pressing water resource issues in South Asia, particularly in relation to climate change and variability. This is a region characterised by abundant water during the monsoon, when devastating floods occur, and by scarcity of water and droughts during the dry period. These extreme events often cause substantial damage to

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134219902
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/30/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	275
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

M. Monirul Qader Mirza, Q.K Ahmad

Table of Contents

PART 1 Remote-sensing sensors, data retreival and assimilation,and technology transfer 1 Remote sensing and hydrology 2 Hydrologic data assimilation 3 Analysis of remotely sensed data 4 Technology transfer in remote-sensing applications PART 2 Remote-sensing data applications 5 Computing and mapping of evapotranspiration 6 Satellite remote sensing of soil moisture 7 Ensemble streamflow forecasting: methods and applications 8 Regional climatic variability and its impacts on flood and drought hazards 9 Climate drivers, streamflow forecasting, and flood risk management 10 Remote sensing in water resource management 11 Geospatial information technology in watershed PART 3 Water resource management: case historiesRunoff agroforestry 13 Water pollution and its numerical modeling in coastal watersheds Index