Publisher's Synopsis
This book tackles an issue of major importance in interdisciplinary research - how to overcome the disparities in spatial and temporal scales used in different scientific disciplines. This topic is of particular importance now as the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, which is being led by the editor of the book, Tom Rosswall, is looking for joint contributions from physical and biological scientists.;The book contains papers by atmospheric scientists, biologists, geomorphologists and marine scientists, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the Geosphere-Biosphere programme.
