TY - BOOK AU - Wanner,Heinz AU - Grosjean,Martin AU - Röthlisberger,Regine AU - Xoplaki,Elena ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Climate Variability, Predictability and Climate Risks: A European Perspective SN - 9781402057144 PY - 2006/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands KW - METEOROLOGY KW - GEOGRAPHY KW - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY KW - CLIMATIC CHANGES KW - FARM ECONOMICS KW - ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS KW - GEOSCIENCES KW - METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY KW - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS KW - ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY KW - CLIMATE CHANGE N1 - Introduction: Climate Variability, Predictability, and Climate Risks: A European Perspective (H. Wanner, M. Grosjean, R. Rothlisberger, E. Xoplaki) -- Climate Variability - Observations, Reconstructions, and Model Simulations for the Atlantic-European and Alpine region from 1500-2100 AD (C. C. Raible, C. Casty, J. Luterbacher, A. Pauling, J. Esper, D. C. Frank, U. Buntgen, A. C. Roeschz, P. Tschuck, M. Wild, P.-L. Vidale, C. Schar, H. Wanner) -- Challenges posed by and Approaches to the study of Seasonal-to-Decadal Climate Variability (C. Schwierz, C. Appenzeller, H. C. Davies, M. A. Liniger, W. Muller, T. F. Stocker, M. Yoshimori) -- Global Warming and the Summertime Evapotranspiration Regime of the Alpine Region (P. Calanca, A. Rosch, K. Jasper, M. Wild) -- Climate Risks and their Impact on Agriculture and Forests in Switzerland (J. Fuhrer, M. Beniston, A. Fischlin, Ch. Frei, S. Goyette, K. Jasper, Ch. Pfister) -- The Coupling of Optimal Economic Growth and Climate Dynamics (O. Bahn, L. Drouet, N. R. Edwards, A. Haurie, R. Knutti, S. Kypreos, T. F. Stoker, J.-P. Vial) -- Modeling Endogenous Learning and Imperfect Competition Effects in Climate Change Economics (L. Viguier, L. Barreto, A. Haurie, S. Kypreos, P. Rafaj) -- Economics of Climate Policy and Collective Decision Making (B. Burgenmeier, A. Baranzini, C. Ferrier, C. Germond-Duret, K. Ingold, S. Perret, P. Rafaj, S. Kypreos, A. Wokaun) N2 - This book provides an integrated assessment of issues related to climate variability, change, predictability, and risks. In addition to discussing the technical aspects of climate variability and abrupt climate change, the book addresses the agricultural and economical impacts of these phenomena UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5714-4 ER -