{"product_id":"9783032327734","title":"Land-use and Precipitation Feedbacks Extreme Hydrometeorological Events and Climate Change Predications in Europe","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLand-use and Precipitation Feedbacks\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eExtreme Hydrometeorological Events and Climate Change Predications in Europe\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMillán Millán\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Environmental Science\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis is an unfinished book that collects the work led by Dr. Millán Millán Muñoz from the late 60s to 2022. It is a detective story on how meteorology has been applied to air pollution and the hydrological cycle. Within the framework of European Directives, it links new instrumental techniques used in large measurement campaigns identifying air pollution dynamics in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe to the documentation of atmospheric processes considered anomalous, or incommodious. In parallel, it documents how data analysis and interpretation methods evolve, and reveal the importance of meso-meteorology and orography in pollutant dispersion, focusing on the key role of the European Continental-Water Divide (EC_WD) affecting precipitation regimes and the hydrological cycle through feedback systems. It questions how interdisciplinary research can be applied into practical operational procedures, while illustrating resistance and opposition from both the scientific communities and governmental bodies. It is applicable both to reliable forecasting of major hydro-meteorological events in Southern Europe, and to the need for recovering the forest-soil-precipitation system to “cultivate summer storms.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Millán Millán Muñoz (Granada, Nov. 6, 1941 - Valencia, Jan. 12, 2024) was a global reference in atmospheric physics and meso-meteorology. His latest research focused on the climatic feedbacks between land-use changes, precipitation perturbations in Southern Europe, and the propagation of said perturbations to Central Eastern Europe and to the Atlantic (North Atlantic Oscillation). It urges a critical rethinking of the watershed concept to address water issues in the Mediterranean area, and to mitigate and adapt to the effects of Climatic Change in Southern Europe. Results were presented by the European Comission (EC) at the COP meetings (UN Climate Change) in Moscow and Nairobi, and to the European Parliament.\u003cbr\u003eDr. Millán M. Millán studied Aeronautical Engineering in Madrid. In 1966 he worked as a scientist at Barringer Research Ltd. in Toronto, Canada, specializing in geophysical exploration instrument design, where he designed the Helmholtz coil system to measure nickel sulphide on the conveyor belts of Falconbridge Mines Ltd (Ontario). This system is currently used as a metal detector in airport security gates.\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1960s, financed by the Canadian National Research Council, he worked on the design of electro-optical instruments for the measurement of gases in industrial processes. Sponsored by NASA, the design of the COSPEC (COrrelation SPECtrometer) was used for his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto (1972, Atmospheric Physics). It was the first commercial instrument for the remote sensing of atmospheric pollutants (SO2, NO2) in real time and in movement. For this, he was awarded the \"Best paper of the year 1970\" by the IEEE, and the IR-100 \"to one of the 100 most outstanding instrumental designs of the year 1970,\" granted by a panel of Nobel Prize winners. With over 40 years of continuous use, the COSPEC is a key instrument for the study of volcanic SO2 emissions (references in Science and Nature).\u003cbr\u003eIn the 70s, he joined the Canadian Ministry of the Environment to study pollutant transport and meso-meteorology. The Canadian Government nominated him as a Commission of the European Communities (CEC) advisor on their Programmes in Air Pollution and Climate in 1974. During his tenure, he optimized air pollution monitoring networks, studied inter-boundary transport of pollutants, and led six Campaigns for the Remote Sensing of Air Pollution following the European Air Quality Directives.\u003cbr\u003eHe returned to Spain in the 1980s to optimise air pollution monitoring networks, and carry out studies on plume dispersion. When Spain joined the EC (1986), he led the first EC project to document vertical recirculation of ozone in the Mediterranean. Over 15 subsequent EC projects identified climatic processes specific to the region. \u003cbr\u003eThe EC proposed him to lead the \"Centro de Estudios Ambientales del Mediterraneo\" (CEAM) in the 90s, created by the Spanish and the Valencian regional Governments. Under his direction, the CEAM became a leading institution in atmospheric dynamics, climate, air pollution and ecosystem restoration research (+50 EC projects). His main discovery was the regional link between meteorological processes and land-sea interactions, which explain the loss of summer storms and the increase in torrential rains in autumn-winter in the Mediterranean, and the intense summer rains in Eastern Central Europe. \u003cbr\u003eHe participated \"ad personam\" in EC advisory groups, selecting priority themes in the Environment Programmes, Environment and Climate (Global Change and Ecosystems) European Research Framework Programmes, and European Air Quality Directives. He was a Visiting Professor at the Bilbao School of Engineering, a consultant to the US EPA, the TVA and the WHO, and an author of more than 106 peer-reviewed scientific publications and several book chapters. He was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa degree by the University of Elche, Spain in 2009.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032327734\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50806366011532,"sku":"9783032327734","price":125.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032327734.jpg?v=1781798699","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032327734","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}