Advances in Bioclimatology_4

A Guide to Automated Weather Station Networks in North America.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Planning.- 3 Network Components.- 5 Computations.- 6 Survey of AWS Networks.- 6.2.5.1 Solar Radiation.- 6.2.5.2 Soil Temperature.- 6.2.5.3 Air Temperature and Relative Humidity.- 6.2.5.4 Wind Speed and Direction.- 6.2.5.5 Precipitation.- 6.2.5.6 Miscellaneous Sensors.- 7. Application - Case Studies.- Appendix A Weather Station Placement.- Appendix B Sourcer of Weather Sensors.- Appendix C Standarets for Sensor Height and Exposure.- Appendix D Weather Station Main Board Product.- Appendix E Selected Bulletin Board Product.- Appendix F Degree-day Threshold Temperatures.- References.- Satellite Mapping of the Surface Radiation Budget.- 1 General Introduction.- 2 Global Radiation.- 3 Ultraviolet Radiation.- 4 Reflected Shortwave Radiation.- 5 Net All-Wave Radiation.- 6 Discussion and Conclusions.- References.- Mathematical Models in Crop Bioclimatology in the Former USSR (History, Achhievments and Prospects).- 1. Development of Methods of Mathematical Simulation of the Effects of Hydrometeorological Conditions on Crop Production.- 2 Simulating Energy and Mass Exchange for the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System.- 3 Simulation of Crop Production.- 4. Applied Dynamic Models and Their Use.- 5 The Future of Crop Production Simulation.- References.- Stomatal Density Responses to Global Environmental Change.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Historical Records of Atmospheric C02 Concentration.- 3. Predictions of Future Increases in the Atmospheric C02.- 4. Stomatal Density Responses to Past Global Change.- 5. Stomatal Density to Future Global Change.- 6. The Interrelationship Between Whole Plant Physiology and Stomatal Density.- 7. Conlusions.- References.- Sensory and Behavioural Responses of Terrestrial Invertebrates to Biogenic Carbon Dioxide Gradients.- 1. Introduction.- 2 General Structure and Function of the Detectors.- 3 CO2 Microclimate, Behavioural Effects of CO2 and Properties of CO2-Receptor Neurons in Different Habitats.- 4 Implications of Elevated CO2.- References.