This volume contains reviews on five different aspects of bioclimatology: (1) The establishment, maintenance and use of data from automatic weather station networks for agricultural purposes; (2) Techniques for estimating global and ultraviolet irradiance at the earth's surface, and the net radiation balance from operational satellite observations; (3) Mathematical models of the effects of climate on energy and mass balance in crop production; (4) Paleoecological and experimental studies of the response of stomatal density to changes in the atmospheric CO2 concentrations; and (5) The sensory and behavioral responses of insects and other invertebrates to small CO2 gradients resulting from plant and animal metabolism, considering the global changes in CO2 concentration and air temperature.

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A Guide to Automated Weather Station Networks in North America.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Planning.- 3 Network Components.- 5 Computations.- 6 Survey of AWS Networks.- 6.2.5.1 Solar Radiation.- 6.2.5.2 Soil Temperature.- 6.2.5.3 Air Temperature and Relative Humidity.- 6.2.5.4 Wind Speed and Direction.- 6.2.5.5 Precipitation.- 6.2.5.6 Miscellaneous Sensors.- 7. Application - Case Studies.- Appendix A Weather Station Placement.- Appendix B Sourcer of Weather Sensors.- Appendix C Standarets for Sensor Height and Exposure.- Appendix D Weather Station Main Board Product.- Appendix E Selected Bulletin Board Product.- Appendix F Degree-day Threshold Temperatures.- References.- Satellite Mapping of the Surface Radiation Budget.- 1 General Introduction.- 2 Global Radiation.- 3 Ultraviolet Radiation.- 4 Reflected Shortwave Radiation.- 5 Net All-Wave Radiation.- 6 Discussion and Conclusions.- References.- Mathematical Models in Crop Bioclimatology in the Former USSR (History, Achhievments and Prospects).- 1. Development of Methods of Mathematical Simulation of the Effects of Hydrometeorological Conditions on Crop Production.- 2 Simulating Energy and Mass Exchange for the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere System.- 3 Simulation of Crop Production.- 4. Applied Dynamic Models and Their Use.- 5 The Future of Crop Production Simulation.- References.- Stomatal Density Responses to Global Environmental Change.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Historical Records of Atmospheric C02 Concentration.- 3. Predictions of Future Increases in the Atmospheric C02.- 4. Stomatal Density Responses to Past Global Change.- 5. Stomatal Density to Future Global Change.- 6. The Interrelationship Between Whole Plant Physiology and Stomatal Density.- 7. Conlusions.- References.- Sensory and Behavioural Responses of Terrestrial Invertebrates to Biogenic Carbon Dioxide Gradients.- 1. Introduction.- 2 General Structure and Function of the Detectors.- 3 CO2 Microclimate, Behavioural Effects of CO2 and Properties of CO2-Receptor Neurons in Different Habitats.- 4 Implications of Elevated CO2.- References.