Description:
Modeling groundwater is a tool familiar to all working in this field. Coupling different compartments has emerged as a challenge to the modeling community. This book contributes to these discussions and gives a state-of-the-art summary of the different ways of coupling. Firstthe cycles which have to be taken into account are beeing presented, then the scale issue and multiple equilibria are discussed. Inter- and intra-compartmental coupling is dealt with, followed by a debate on non-linearities and questions of parameterization. All these issues are dealt with on a theoretical level before applied to the hydrological cycle itself. Case studies exemplify how coupling can help to solve special questions from the local to the global cycle. TOC:1.Cycles, Feedbacks and Main Issues. - Global cycles: Overview and Introduction.- The Nature of Land-Biosphere-Atmospheric Feedbacks in the Hydrological Cycle.- Scale issues.- Multiple Equilibria. - 2.Systems Approach: The Nature of Coupled Models. - Introduction.- Fluxes, Compartments and Ordering of Feedbacks.- Non-linearities.- Parameterization of Complex Hydrological Systems. - 3.Systematization of the Interactions between Hydrological and Related Cycles. - Introduction.- Coupled Processes and Interaction Matrix.- Coupling Aspects of Heat and Mass Transfer.- Feedbacks at the Hydro-metreorological Interface. - 4.Case Studies.- Framework of the Case Studies. - 5.Summary and Outlook. - 6. Glossary