Antarctic Snow and Ice Studies
Author: Malcolm Mellor
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0875901026
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Author: Malcolm Mellor
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0875901026
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 308
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Roger G. Barry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-08-09
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 1108423167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric processes, present and past conditions, and changes in polar environments.
Author: A. P. Crary
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 452
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2017-04-24
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 0309456002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sea ice surrounding Antarctica has increased in extent and concentration from the late 1970s, when satellite-based measurements began, until 2015. Although this increasing trend is modest, it is surprising given the overall warming of the global climate and the region. Indeed, climate models, which incorporate our best understanding of the processes affecting the region, generally simulate a decrease in sea ice. Moreover, sea ice in the Arctic has exhibited pronounced declines over the same period, consistent with global climate model simulations. For these reasons, the behavior of Antarctic sea ice has presented a conundrum for global climate change science. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop in January 2016, to bring together scientists with different sets of expertise and perspectives to further explore potential mechanisms driving the evolution of recent Antarctic sea ice variability and to discuss ways to advance understanding of Antarctic sea ice and its relationship to the broader ocean-climate system. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
Author: Richard B. Alley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2014-10-26
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1400852242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the 1990s Richard B. Alley and his colleagues made headlines with the discovery that the last ice age came to an abrupt end over a period of only three years. In The Two-Mile Time Machine, Alley tells the fascinating history of global climate changes as revealed by reading the annual rings of ice from cores drilled in Greenland. He explains that humans have experienced an unusually temperate climate compared to the wild fluctuations that characterized most of prehistory. He warns that our comfortable environment could come to an end in a matter of years and tells us what we need to know in order to understand and perhaps overcome climate changes in the future. In a new preface, the author weighs in on whether our understanding of global climate change has altered in the years since the book was first published, what the latest research tells us, and what he is working on next.
Author: Vijay P. Singh
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-06-29
Total Pages: 1301
ISBN-13: 9048126428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: World Data Center A for Glaciology
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 108
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Publisher: American Geophysical Union
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Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 610
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