The Bioclimatology of Frost Its Occurrence, Impact and Protection.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1992.
Edición:1st ed. 1992.
Colección:Advances in Bioclimatology, 2
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58132-8
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505 0 |a 1 Introduction -- 2 The Occurrence of Frost: Types, Distribution and Prediction -- 2.1 Frost Types -- 2.2 Distribution of Frost -- 2.3 Climatic Change and Frost -- 2.4 Frost Prediction -- 3 Micro-Scale Processes -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 General Principles -- 3.3 Examples of Micro-Scale Processes -- 4 Meso-Scale Processes -- 4.1 General Characteristics of Nocturnal Cooling: A Case Study -- 4.2 Katabatic Drainage -- 4.3 Ventilation and Stagnation -- 4.4 Drainage, Ventilation and Stagnation Effects in Relation to Observational Data -- 4.5 Development of Nocturnal Inversion Layer -- 4.6 A Boundary Layer Model for Frost Prediction -- 5 Regional Scale Frost Risk Mapping -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 A Three-Dimensional Numerical Model for Frost Risk Mapping -- 5.3 Frost Risk Mapping for Landscape Planning: A Case Study -- 6 Remote Sensing for Frost Risk Mapping and Frost Prediction -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Aircraft Thermal Imagery -- 6.3 Satellite Thermal Imagery -- 6.4 Satellite Data for Frost Forecasting -- 7 Biological and Phenological Aspects of the Relationship Between Low Temperature, Plant Growth and Crop Development -- 7.1 Plant Hardiness -- 7.2 Low Temperature as Plant Stress -- 7.3 Mechanisms of Frost Resistance -- 7.4 Chilling Damage to Extra-Tropical and Tropical Crops -- 7.5 Seasonal Variation in Cold Resistance -- 7.6 Rest Breaking Mechanisms and Chilling Requirements -- 8 Weather and Winterkill of Wheat: A Case Study -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Procedures and Results -- 9 Direct, Active Methods of Frost Protection -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Heaters -- 9.3 Wind Machines -- 9.4 Fog -- 9.5 Sprinkler Irrigation -- 10 A Model to Predict Required Rates of Water Application in Overhead Sprinkler Irrigation -- 10.1 Model Development -- 10.2 Model Validation -- 10.3 Application to "Pulsed" Frost Protection -- 11 Indirect, Passive Methods of Frost Protection -- 11.1 Cultivar Selection -- 11.2 Agronomic Management Techniques -- 11.3 Manipulating Plant Phenology -- 12 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References. 
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