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Preface. <p><b>Part 1. GIS to Manage and Distribute Climate Data.</b></p> <p>Chapter 1. GIS, climatology and meteorology (Antonio Perdigao).</p> <p>Chapter 2. SIGMA: a Web-based GIS for environmental applications (Carlos Frederico Angelis, Fabiano Morelli, Luiz Augusto Toledo Machado and Cintia Pereira de Freitas).</p> <p>Chapter 3. Web mapping: different solutions using GIS (Pawel Madej, Malgorzata Barszczynska and Danuta Kubacka).</p> <p>Chapter 4. Comparison of geostatistical and meteorological  interpolation methods (what is what?) (Tamás Szentimrey, Zita Bihari and Sándor Szalai).</p> <p>Chapter 5. Uncertainty from spatial sampling: a case study  in the French Alps (Pierre Dumolard).</p> <p><b>Part 2. Spatial Interpolation of Climate Data.</b></p> <p>Chapter 6. The Developments in spatialization of meteorological and climatological elements (Ole Einar Tveito).</p> <p>Chapter 7. The spatial analysis of the selected meteorological fields in the example of Poland (Izabela Dyras and Zbigniew Ustrnul).</p> <p>Chapter 8. Optimizing the interpolation of temperatures by GIS: a space analysis approach (Jean-Christophe Loubier).</p> <p>Chapter 9. Daily winter air temperature mapping in  mountainous areas (Rémi Lhotellier).</p> <p>Chapter 10. Aspects concerning the spatialization of radiation balance components (Cristian Valeriu Patriche).</p> <p><b>Part 3. Demo Projects.</b></p> <p>Chapter 11. The use of GIS applications in meteorology and climatology: a need for the application of regional ecological modeling approaches (Martin Wegehenkel).</p> <p>Chapter 12. GIS application to daily fire risk mapping (Álvaro Silva).</p> <p>Chapter 13. Application of GIS technology on the comparisons of climatological databases: an overview of winter precipitation over Spain (M.Y. Luna, M.L. Martin, M.G. Sotillo, C. Almarza, F. Valero and J. de la Cruz).</p> <p>Chapter 14. Drought sensitivity research in Hungary and influence of climate change on drought sensitivity (Sándor Szalai, Szabolcs Bella and Ákos Németh).</p> <p>Chapter 15. First steps towards a new temperature climatology of the Greater Alpine Region (GAR) (Wolfgang Schöner, Ingeborg Auer and Reinhard Böhm).</p> <p>Chapter 16. XRWIS: a new GIS paradigm for winter road maintenance (John E. Thornes, Lee Chapman and Steve White).</p> <p><b>Part 4. Climate-related Applications.</b></p> <p>Chapter 17. The use of GIS in climatology: challenges in fine scale applications: examples in agrometeorological and urban climate studies (Claude Kergomard).</p> <p>Chapter 18. Climate impact on the winter land use and land cover management in Brittany (S. Corgne, H. Quénol, O. Planchon and T. Corpetti).</p> <p>Chapter 19. A tool for the integrated use of remote sensing with ground truth data: DEMETER Project (A. Perdigao, A. Jochum, A. Calera, L. Pessanha, A. Chinita and J. Maia)</p> <p>Chapter 20. Assessing population exposure to odorous pollution from a landfill over complex terrain (Caroline Riesenmey, Charles Chemel, Hervé Vaillant and Mireille Batton-Hubert).</p> <p>Chapter 21. Disaggregated estimation of N2O fluxes from agricultural soils of the Italian region by modelization in GIS environment (Anna Carfora, Simona Castaldi, Marco Vigliotti and Riccardo Valentini).</p> <p>List of Authors.</p> <p>Index.</p>

<b>Hartwig Dobesch</b> is a Professor at the Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics of Vienna, specializing in meteorology and climatology.<br /> He is also President of the COST European research program "The use of GIS in climatology and meteorology". <p><b>Pierre Dumolard</b> is a Professor at the Institute of Alpine Geography, Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France.</p> <p><b>Izabela Dyras</b> is the leader of the Satellite Research Department in the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management of Krakow. She is the Vice-President of the COST European research program "The use of GIS in climatology and meteorology".</p>

This title gives an authoritative look at the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in climatology and meterology. GIS provides a range of strategies, from traditional methods, such as those for hydromet database analysis and management, to new developing methods. As such, this book will provide a useful reference tool in this important aspect of climatology and meterology study.

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