Contents
Foreword
Harold »: Mooney
Contributors
Introduction
Richard G. Lawford and Paul B0 Alaback
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Section 1. Climate, Hydrology, and History
1. North-South Variations in West Coast Hydrometeorological
Parameters and Their Significance for Earth Systems
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Richard Go Lawford
2. Factors Controlling the Climate of the West Coast of North
America
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GoA. McBean
3. Sulfur Cycling in Coastal Upwelling Systems and Its Potential
Effects on Climate
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S. Mary P. Benbow
4. Atmospheric and Geologic Constraints on the Biogeochemistry
of North and South American Temperate Rainforests
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Lars 00 Hedin and Eugene D. Hetherington
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