A comprehensive account of all components of the Earth's cryosphere, including snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice, ice shelves and icebergs. This textbook covers the global cryosphere's past history and projected future states, and discusses the models developed to understand cryospheric processes.
A comprehensive account of all components of the Earth's cryosphere, including snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice, ice shelves and icebergs. This textbook covers the global cryosphere's past history and projected future states, and discusses the models developed to understand cryospheric processes.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Roger G. Barry was Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1977 to 2008, and Professor of Geography from 1968 to 2010. He was appointed a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor in 2004. From 2012 to 2014 he was Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. He was a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and his awards included the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Nobel Peace Prize (as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change team), a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, a Humboldt Prize Fellow, and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Environmental Sciences (RAEN). Roger passed away peacefully in Boulder, Colorado in March, 2018.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I. The Terrestrial Cryosphere: 2A. Snowfall and Snow Cover 2B. Avalanches 3. Glaciers and Ice Caps 4. Ice Sheets 5. Frozen Ground and Permafrost 6. Freshwater Ice: Lakes, Rivers and Icings Part II. The Marine Cryosphere: 7. Sea Ice 8. Ice Shelves and Icebergs Part III. The Cryosphere Past and Future: 9. The Cryosphere in the Past 10. The Future Cryosphere - Impacts of Global Warming Part IV. Applications: 11. Applications of Snow and Ice Research Glossary References Index.
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part I. The Terrestrial Cryosphere: 2A. Snowfall and Snow Cover 2B. Avalanches 3. Glaciers and Ice Caps 4. Ice Sheets 5. Frozen Ground and Permafrost 6. Freshwater Ice: Lakes, Rivers and Icings Part II. The Marine Cryosphere: 7. Sea Ice 8. Ice Shelves and Icebergs Part III. The Cryosphere Past and Future: 9. The Cryosphere in the Past 10. The Future Cryosphere - Impacts of Global Warming Part IV. Applications: 11. Applications of Snow and Ice Research Glossary References Index.
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