Linking Climate Change to Land Surface Change

Preface. Contributing Authors. Section A: Short-Term Climate Variability. 1. Dust variability over Northern Africa and rainfall in the Sahel; N. Brooks, M. Legrand. 2. Desiccation in the Sahel; C. Agnew, A. Chappell. 3. Hydrological response of desert margins to climatic change. The effect of changing surface properties; A. Yair, R.B. Bryan. 4. Weathering, gemorphology and climatic variability in the Central Namib Desert; H. Viles, A.S. Goudie. 5. Warm season land surface-climate interactions in the United States Midwest from meso-scale observations; J.O. Adegoke, A.M. Carleton. 6. Streamflow changes in the Sierra Nevada, California, simulated using a statistically downscaled General Circulation Model scenario of climate change; R.L. Wilby, M.D. Dettinger. 7. Examining links between climate change and landslide activity using GCM's. Case studies from Italy and New Zealand; M. Schmidt, M. Dehn. Sectin B: Long-Term Climate Variability. 8. Geologic evidence of rapid, multiple and high magnitude climate change during the last glacial (Wisconsinan) of North America; F.W. Bachhuber, N. Catto. 9. Aeolian geomorphic response to climate change: an example from the Estancia valley, Central New Mexico, U.S.A.; N. Catto, F.W. Bachhuber. 10. Evaporite minerals and organic horizons in sedimentary sequences in the Libyan Fezzan: implications for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction; K. White, et al. 11. Relict cryogenic mounds in the UK as evidence of climate Change; S. Gurney. 12. Investigations into long-term future climate changes; P.E. Burgess, et al. Section C: Summary. 13. Geomorphological and climatological perspectives on land surface &endash; climate change; D. Kniveton, S. McLaren. Index.