1-11: Global Hydrological Cycle

1-11: En Español 1-11: Em Português
Eugene S. Takle
© 1998

Images

Phase Diagram

Saturation of Vapor Pressure for pure water substance

Absorption Spectra.

Schematic diagram of the global radiation budget in the climatic system.

Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Glacier ice on Earth.

Global Hydrological Cycle

Volume of the 8 largest reserviors and typical residence times

Phytoplankton Growth

Glacier Retreating

Zonal-mean cross sections of the specific humidity.

Greenland Ice Sheet.

Zonal-mean cross sections of the relative humidity.

Global Cooling.

Introduction

Characteristics of Water

Coupling to the Global Energy Cycle

Importance of Water for Global Processes

Components of the Global Hydrological Cycle

Role of the Global Hydrological Cycle in Global Change

Data Sources and Field Experiments Relating to Global Change

Transcription by Theresa M. Nichols