Introduction to the Assessment - Characteristics of the Region

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Authors

  • Markus Quante
  • Franciscus Colijn
  • Jan P. Bakker
  • Werner Härdtle
  • Hartmut Heinrich
  • Christiana Lefebvre
  • Ingeborg Nöhren
  • Jørgen E. Olesen
  • Thomas Pohlmann
  • Horst Sterr
  • Jürgen Sündermann
  • Merja Helena Tölle
This scene-setting chapter provides the basis for the climate change-related assessments presented in later chapters of this book. It opens with an overview of the geography, demography and major human activities of the North Sea and its boundary countries. This is followed by a series of sections describing the geological and climatic evolution of the North Sea basin, the topography and hydrography of the North Sea (i.e. boundary forcing; thermohaline, wind-driven and tidally-driven regimes; and transport processes), and its current atmospheric climate (focussing on circulation, wind, temperature, precipitation, radiation and cloud cover). This physical description is followed by a review of North Sea ecosystems. Marine and coastal ecosystems are addressed in terms of ecological habitats, ecological dynamics, and human-induced stresses representing a threat (i.e. eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, offshore oil and gas, renewable energy, fisheries, contaminants, tourism, ports, non-indigenous species and climate change). Terrestrial coastal range vegetation is addressed in terms of natural vegetation (salt marshes, dunes, moors/bogs, tundra and alpine vegetation, and forests), semi-natural vegetation (heathlands and grasslands), agricultural areas and artificial surfaces.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNorth Sea Region Climate Change Assessment
EditorsMarkus Quante, Franciscus Colijn
Number of pages52
Place of PublicationCham
PublisherSpringer
Publication date01.09.2016
Edition1.
Pages1-52
ISBN (print)978-3-319-39743-6
ISBN (electronic)978-3-319-39745-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.09.2016

    Research areas

  • Ecosystems Research - Wind Farm, Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, Sunshine Duration, German Bight

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