Author: Per GloersenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microwave remote sensing
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice, 1978-1987
Author: Per GloersenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Microwave remote sensing
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Arctic Ecological Research from Microwave Satellite Observations
Author: Gennady I. BelchanskyPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203008863
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
Active (imaging radar) and passive (radiometer) microwave systems are increasingly used for Arctic ecological research. Unfortunately, until now ecologists interested in remote sensing often lacked access to the full suite of physical and analytical techniques of microwave systems, data processing, and ecological applications because a suitable ref
Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice
Author: Frank D. CarseyPublisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN: 087590033X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 68. Human activities in the polar regions have undergone incredible changes in this century. Among these changes is the revolution that satellites have brought about in obtaining information concerning polar geophysical processes. Satellites have flown for about three decades, and the polar regions have been the subject of their routine surveillance for more than half that time. Our observations of polar regions have evolved from happenstance ship sightings and isolated harbor icing records to routine global records obtained by those satellites. Thanks to such abundant data, we now know a great deal about the ice-covered seas, which constitute about 10% of the Earth's surface. This explosion of information about sea ice has fascinated scientists for some 20 years. We are now at a point of transition in sea ice studies; we are concerned less about ice itself and more about its role in the climate system. This change in emphasis has been the prime stimulus for this book.
CRREL Monograph
Author: National Research Program of the Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Fiscal Year 1991
Author: Arctic and Environmental Change
Author: J.A. DowdeswellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351465643
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This timely book presents a wide-ranging review of Arctic environmental change in response to global warming, and gives a broad insight into the transformation of the Arctic which we can expect during the next century. It is in high northern latitudes that we can expect to observe global warming at its most powerful, making it a natural laboratory where climate changes and their impacts can be monitored and studied more readily than elsewhere in the world. Fourteen authoritative reviews cover the predictions of warming rates by General Circulation Models; variabilities in atmospheric circulation and moisture flux; the dynamics of the polar vortex in the Arctic and its role in ozone loss; the countervailing influence of air pollution in reducing solar irradiance; and the impact of climatic change on Arctic terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Also detailed are the thermohaline circulation of the ocean, the extent and thickness of sea ice, the sizes of glaciers and ice sheets, and the extent of permafrost. Moving to past changes, the records from Greenland ice cores and deep ocean drilling are reviewed for what they tell us about past climates and glaciation in the Arctic., The book paints a vivid and disturbing picture of the enhanced warming that can be expected in the Arctic relative to lower latitudes, and of the major impacts that this will have on the northern cryosphere. It will be an invaluable reference for anyone seeking a greater understanding of the factors and processes affecting the arctic environment, which may ultimately have a major impact on global climatic change.
Arctic Oceanography
Author: Publisher: American Geophysical Union
ISBN:
Category : Oceanography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
National Research Program of the Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Fiscal Year 1988
Author: Antarctic Environments and Resources
Author: J.D. HansomPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317897048
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Antarctica is no longer a 'pole apart'. From a scientific perspective, the Antarctic ice sheet, ocean and climate systems are intimately linked with the global climate and are now seen to be of international significance for understanding climate change. From an economic perspective, the Antarctic is perceived to have great potential as a source of marine resources although the extent of speculated mineral and hydrocarbon resources is unknown. From a conservation perspective, the continent of Antarctica represents the ideal image of unspoiled wilderness. Antarctic Environments and Resources is an accessible and timely new geography of the Antarctic which examines the differing and sometimes conflicting interests in the great southern continent, the Southern Ocean and the subantarctic islands against a background of the physical and natural systems of the region and their interactions. It charts the development of human involvement in the area, focusing on the exploitation of resources from early sealing to modern fisheries, tourism and science, and it assesses the consequent impacts on the natural environment. The text also reviews the emerging framework for future environmental management developed under the Antarctic Treaty System. This is an ideal text for undergraduates studying glacial geomorphology, environmental management, polar regions and the Antarctic.
Earth Resources
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronautics in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description