Introduction to the Assessment—Characteristics of the Region:Characteristics of the region
This scene-setting chapter provides the basis for the climate change-related assessments presented in later chapters of this book. It opens with an overview of the geography, demography and major human activities of the North Sea and its boundary countries. This is followed by a series of sections d...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/271d5b58-de8c-43aa-9ac9-9b2d65200bac 2024-06-23T07:57:17+00:00 Introduction to the Assessment—Characteristics of the Region:Characteristics of the region Quante, Markus Colijn, Franciscus Bakker, Jan P. Haerdtle, Wemer Heinrich, Hartmut Levebvre, Christiana Noehren, Ingeborg Olesen, Jørgen Eivind Pohlmann, Thomas Sterr, Horst Sündermann, Jörgen Tölle, Merja Helena Quante, M. Colijn, F. 2016 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/271d5b58-de8c-43aa-9ac9-9b2d65200bac https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/271d5b58-de8c-43aa-9ac9-9b2d65200bac https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0_1 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/791751087/Introduction_to_the_Assessment_Characteristics_of_the_Region.pdf eng eng Springer https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/271d5b58-de8c-43aa-9ac9-9b2d65200bac urn:ISBN:978-3-319-39743-6 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Quante , M , Colijn , F , Bakker , J P , Haerdtle , W , Heinrich , H , Levebvre , C , Noehren , I , Olesen , J E , Pohlmann , T , Sterr , H , Sündermann , J & Tölle , M H 2016 , Introduction to the Assessment—Characteristics of the Region : Characteristics of the region . in M Quante & F Colijn (eds) , North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment . Regional Climate Studies , Springer , Cham , pp. 1-52 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0_1 bookPart 2016 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0_1 2024-06-10T16:22:58Z This scene-setting chapter provides the basis for the climate change-related assessments presented in later chapters of this book. It opens with an overview of the geography, demography and major human activities of the North Sea and its boundary countries. This is followed by a series of sections describing the geological and climatic evolution of the North Sea basin, the topography and hydrography of the North Sea (i.e. boundary forcing; thermohaline, wind-driven and tidally-driven regimes; and transport processes), and its current atmospheric climate (focussing on circulation, wind, temperature, precipitation, radiation and cloud cover). This physical description is followed by a review of North Sea ecosystems. Marine and coastal ecosystems are addressed in terms of ecological habitats, ecological dynamics, and human-induced stresses representing a threat (i.e. eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, offshore oil and gas, renewable energy, fisheries, contaminants, tourism, ports, non-indigenous species and climate change). Terrestrial coastal range vegetation is addressed in terms of natural vegetation (salt marshes, dunes, moors/bogs, tundra and alpine vegetation, and forests), semi-natural vegetation (heathlands and grasslands), agricultural areas and artificial surfaces. Book Part Tundra University of Groningen research database 1 52 |
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This scene-setting chapter provides the basis for the climate change-related assessments presented in later chapters of this book. It opens with an overview of the geography, demography and major human activities of the North Sea and its boundary countries. This is followed by a series of sections describing the geological and climatic evolution of the North Sea basin, the topography and hydrography of the North Sea (i.e. boundary forcing; thermohaline, wind-driven and tidally-driven regimes; and transport processes), and its current atmospheric climate (focussing on circulation, wind, temperature, precipitation, radiation and cloud cover). This physical description is followed by a review of North Sea ecosystems. Marine and coastal ecosystems are addressed in terms of ecological habitats, ecological dynamics, and human-induced stresses representing a threat (i.e. eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, offshore oil and gas, renewable energy, fisheries, contaminants, tourism, ports, non-indigenous species and climate change). Terrestrial coastal range vegetation is addressed in terms of natural vegetation (salt marshes, dunes, moors/bogs, tundra and alpine vegetation, and forests), semi-natural vegetation (heathlands and grasslands), agricultural areas and artificial surfaces. |
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Quante, Markus Colijn, Franciscus Bakker, Jan P. Haerdtle, Wemer Heinrich, Hartmut Levebvre, Christiana Noehren, Ingeborg Olesen, Jørgen Eivind Pohlmann, Thomas Sterr, Horst Sündermann, Jörgen Tölle, Merja Helena |
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Quante, Markus Colijn, Franciscus Bakker, Jan P. Haerdtle, Wemer Heinrich, Hartmut Levebvre, Christiana Noehren, Ingeborg Olesen, Jørgen Eivind Pohlmann, Thomas Sterr, Horst Sündermann, Jörgen Tölle, Merja Helena Introduction to the Assessment—Characteristics of the Region:Characteristics of the region |
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