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Languages : en
Pages : 277
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Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies. (Publication
Author: Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies
Author: Malcolm MellorPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN: 0875901026
Category : Glaciers
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies
Author: Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies
Author: Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers
Author: Vijay P. SinghPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9048126428
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1301
Book Description
The earth’s cryosphere, which includes snow, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, sea ice, river and lake ice, and permafrost, contains about 75% of the earth’s fresh water. It exists at almost all latitudes, from the tropics to the poles, and plays a vital role in controlling the global climate system. It also provides direct visible evidence of the effect of climate change, and, therefore, requires proper understanding of its complex dynamics. This encyclopedia mainly focuses on the various aspects of snow, ice and glaciers, but also covers other cryospheric branches, and provides up-to-date information and basic concepts on relevant topics. It includes alphabetically arranged and professionally written, comprehensive and authoritative academic articles by well-known international experts in individual fields. The encyclopedia contains a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from the atmospheric processes responsible for snow formation; transformation of snow to ice and changes in their properties; classification of ice and glaciers and their worldwide distribution; glaciation and ice ages; glacier dynamics; glacier surface and subsurface characteristics; geomorphic processes and landscape formation; hydrology and sedimentary systems; permafrost degradation; hazards caused by cryospheric changes; and trends of glacier retreat on the global scale along with the impact of climate change. This book can serve as a source of reference at the undergraduate and graduate level and help to better understand snow, ice and glaciers. It will also be an indispensable tool containing specialized literature for geologists, geographers, climatologists, hydrologists, and water resources engineers; as well as for those who are engaged in the practice of agricultural and civil engineering, earth sciences, environmental sciences and engineering, ecosystem management, and other relevant subjects.
Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies [I]-II.
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Author: Malcolm MellorPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Antarctic Research Series, Volume 16. This volume of the Antarctic Research Series represents an attempt to compile in one publication the remaining results of the extensive U.S. oversnow traverses in Antarctica between 1957 and 1967. Although this attempt was not completely successful, in that some traverse results still remain to be published, I think that this volume will give the reader a fair sample of the methodology and the great effort that was required to wrest from the huge continent a few fundamental data. From the beginning of 1957, the traverses, though including an assortment of observations, had two principal objectives: measurement of the thickness of the ice and measurement of the annual accumulation of snow. Here the reader will find the old and new methods of approaching both objectives.
Antarctic Journal of the United States
Author: Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies I
Author: Malcolm MellorPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN: 9780875901022
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Polar Environments and Global Change
Author: Roger G. BarryPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108423167
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Surveys atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric processes, present and past conditions, and changes in polar environments.
Anarctic Snow and Ice Studies
Author: Publisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description