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Generic Strategy for Consistency Validation of the Satellite-, In-Situ-, and Reanalysis—Based Climate Data Records (CDRs) Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)
The Climate Data Record (CDR) is a time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency and continuity to determine climate variability and change. The generation of ECVs (Essential Climate Variables)...
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Open AccessIntercomparison of Surface Energy Fluxes Estimates from the FEST-EWB and TSeB Models over the Heterogeneous REFLEX 2012 Site (Barrax, Spain)
An intercomparison between the Energy Water Balance model (FEST-EWB) and the Two-Source Energy Balance model (TSEB) is performed over a heterogeneous agricultural area. TSEB is a residual model which uses Land...
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Open AccessAn Analysis of Turbulent Heat Fluxes and the Energy Balance During the REFLEX Campaign
Three eddy covariance stations were installed at the Barrax experimental farm during the Land-Atmosphere Exchanges (REFLEX) airborne training and measurement campaign to provide ground truth data of energy bal...
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Learning by Practice, High-Pressure Student Ateliers
Two international and interdisciplinary high pressure student ateliers have been done and evaluated, one to explore possible future scenario’s for Strofylia (Greece) as requested by local and regional authorit...
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Transition and Transformation
In this chapter it is argued that fundamental change in society is required, because environmental problems are serious and ask for a factor 10 or more shift in society, the resilience approach (as outlined in ...
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Complexity Theory, Spatial Planning and Adaptation to Climate Change
This chapter analyses several concepts of Complexity Theory as regards their usefulness in spatial planning processes that aim to foster adaptation to climate change. The conditions under which a complex syste...
