Spatial Interpolation for Climate Data: The Use of GIS in Climatology and Meteorology (Geographical Information Systems series)

This title gives an authoritative look at the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in climatology and meterology. GIS provides a range of strategies, from traditional methods, such as those for hydromet database analysis and management, to new developing methods. As such, this book will provide a useful reference tool in this important aspect of climatology and meterology study.Content: Chapter 1 GIS, Climatology and Meteorology (pages 3–24): Antonio Perdigao Chapter 2 SIGMA: A Web?Based GIS for Environmental Applications (pages 25–34): Carlos Frederico Angelis, Fabiano Morelli, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado and Cintia Pereira De Freitas Chapter 3 Web Mapping: Different Solutions using GIS (pages 35–44): Pawel Madej, Malgorzata Barszczynska and Danuta Kubacka Chapter 4 Comparison of Geostatistical and Meteorological Interpolation Methods (What is What?) (pages 45–56): Tamas Szentimrey, Zita Bihari and Sandor Szalai Chapter 5 Uncertainty from Spatial Sampling: A Case Study in the French Alps (pages 57–70): Pierre Dumolard Chapter 6 The Developments in Spatialization of Meteorological and Climatological Elements (pages 73–86): Ole Einar Tveito Chapter 7 The Spatial Analysis of the Selected Meteorological Fields in the Example of Poland (pages 87–96): Izabela Dyras and Zbigniew Ustrnul Chapter 8 Optimizing the Interpolation of Temperatures by GIS: A Space Analysis Approach (pages 97–107): Jean?Christophe Loubier Chapter 9 Daily Winter Air Temperature Mapping in Mountainous Areas (pages 109–120): Remi Lhotellier Chapter 10 Aspects Concerning the Spatialization of Radiation Balance Components (pages 121–137): Cristian Valeriu Patriche Chapter 11 The Use of GIS Applications in Meteorology and Climatology: A Need for the Application of Regional Ecological Modeling Approaches (pages 141–154): Martin Wegehenkel Chapter 12 GIS Application to Daily Fire Risk Mapping (pages 155–164): Alvaro Silva Chapter 13 Application of GIS Technology on the Comparisons of Climatological Databases: An Overview of Winter Precipitation over Spain (pages 165–178): M. Y. Luna, M. L. Martin, M. G. Sotillo, C. Almarza, F. Valero and J. De La Cruz Chapter 14 Drought Sensitivity Research in Hungary and Influence of Climate Change on Drought Sensitivity (pages 179–188): Sandor Szalai, Szabolcs Bella and Akos Nemeth Chapter 15 First Steps Towards a New Temperature Climatology of the Greater Alpine Region (GAR) (pages 189–197): Wolfgang Schoner, Ingeborg Auer and Reinhard Bohm Chapter 16 XRWIS: A New GIS Paradigm for Winter Road Maintenance (pages 199–211): John E. Thornes, Lee Chapman and Steve White Chapter 17 The Use of GIS in Climatology: Challenges in Fine Scale Applications: Examples in Agrometeorological and Urban Climate Studies (pages 215–225): Claude Kergomard Chapter 18 Climate Impact on the Winter Land Use and Land Cover Management in Brittany (pages 227–241): S. Corgne, H. Quenol, O. Planchon and T. Corpetti Chapter 19 A Tool for the Integrated Use of Remote Sensing with Ground Truth Data: DEMETER Project (pages 243–252): A. Perdigao, A. Jochum, A. Calera, L. Pessanha, A. Chinita and J. Maia Chapter 20 Assessing Population Exposure to Odorous Pollution from a Landfill over Complex Terrain (pages 253–263): Caroline Riesenmey, Charles Chemel, Herve Vaillant and Mireille Batton?Hubert Chapter 21 Disaggregated Estimation of N2O Fluxes from Agricultural Soils of the Italian Region by Modelization in GIS Environment (pages 265–276): Anna Carfora, Simona Castaldi, Marco Vigliotti and Riccardo Valentini This book is made up of a selection of papers presented during the COST European program "The use of GIS in climatology and meteorology" in which members of 20 countries participated. It focuses on applications of geographic software and data to interpolate climate and meteorology parameters and is divided into four parts: 1. GIS for climatology and meteorology, 2. Spatial interpolation of climate parameters, 3. Some demo projects of national meteorology institutes, 4. Meteorology and climatology for some environmental problems. Each of these is introduced by one or two overviews and is

This title gives an authoritative look at the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in climatology and meterology. GIS provides a range of strategies, from traditional methods, such as those for hydromet database analysis and management, to new developing methods. As such, this book will provide a useful reference tool in this important aspect of climatology and meterology study.