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Land Surface Evaporation, Measurement and Parameterization, by T.J. Schmugge and J.C. Andr6, 1991. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 385 pp. ISBN 3540-97359-1, DM 168,-- (hardback). This book contains a written version of the speeches of various specialists delivered at the autumn school and workshop held in Banyuls, France, from 10 to 21 October, 1988. The main subject studied was "Land Surface Evaporation" around the HAPEX-MOBILHY (Hydrologic Atmospheric Experiment - Modrlisation du Bilan Hydrique) experimental project. The central point was the water budget and more widely the energy budget and the dynamics driving the boundary fluxes on a heterogeneous ground surface. Three points of view are presented: ( 1 ) the land surface processes in largescale meteorological and hydrological models; (2) the analysis of technical ability with a criticism of different experimental tools and methodologies; (3) an examination of the integration of flux and surface properties from small to medium-grid scale. Included here is a review of parameterizations of ground surface conditions in large scale models for climate simulations or numerical weather forecasts. So the surface conditions in a mesoscale atmospheric model are analysed for a grid size as small as a few kilometers. Hydrological models are also analysed for their use in the prediction of regional evaporation. A theoretical approach of measurement methods and the analysis of physiological processes from the leaf to the whole surface canopy are studied as regards to the problem of the evapotranspiration. Some papers are devoted to measurement methods and techniques. In each case a very critical point of view is employed. The domains analysed include all the energy budget terms at different scales from the local scale to the integrated scale given by the aircraft measurements. The theoretical problem of the integration between these extreme cases (from local to grid scale) is presented. These papers give a global view of the experimental tools and associated problems.Finally some papers are devoted to the problems of the teledetection technique as a means of access to intergrated land surface conditions. Globally, this book is a very useful tool for investigating the different topics (modeling, experimental access, remote sensing and surface integrations) which concern the energy budget and the hydrological cycle between the ground and the atmosphere. This book is a basic document for research in boundary surface conditions. A. DRUILHET (Toulouse)
Land Surface Evaporation, Measurement and Parameterization, by T.J. Schmugge and J.C. Andr6, 1991. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 385 pp. ISBN 3540-97359-1, DM 168,-- (hardback). This book contains a written version of the speeches of various specialists delivered at the autumn school and workshop held in Banyuls, France, from 10 to 21 October, 1988. The main subject studied was "Land Surface Evaporation" around the HAPEX-MOBILHY (Hydrologic Atmospheric Experiment - Modrlisation du Bilan Hydrique) experimental project. The central point was the water budget and more widely the energy budget and the dynamics driving the boundary fluxes on a heterogeneous ground surface. Three points of view are presented: ( 1 ) the land surface processes in largescale meteorological and hydrological models; (2) the analysis of technical ability with a criticism of different experimental tools and methodologies; (3) an examination of the integration of flux and surface properties from small to medium-grid scale. Included here is a review of parameterizations of ground surface conditions in large scale models for climate simulations or numerical weather forecasts. So the surface conditions in a mesoscale atmospheric model are analysed for a grid size as small as a few kilometers. Hydrological models are also analysed for their use in the prediction of regional evaporation. A theoretical approach of measurement methods and the analysis of physiological processes from the leaf to the whole surface canopy are studied as regards to the problem of the evapotranspiration. Some papers are devoted to measurement methods and techniques. In each case a very critical point of view is employed. The domains analysed include all the energy budget terms at different scales from the local scale to the integrated scale given by the aircraft measurements. The theoretical problem of the integration between these extreme cases (from local to grid scale) is presented. These papers give a global view of the experimental tools and associated problems.Finally some papers are devoted to the problems of the teledetection technique as a means of access to intergrated land surface conditions. Globally, this book is a very useful tool for investigating the different topics (modeling, experimental access, remote sensing and surface integrations) which concern the energy budget and the hydrological cycle between the ground and the atmosphere. This book is a basic document for research in boundary surface conditions. A. DRUILHET (Toulouse)