Glaciers And Ice Sheets In The Climate System
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Author |
: Andrew Fowler |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 544 |
Release |
: 2020-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030425845 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030425843 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Glaciers and Ice Sheets in the Climate System by : Andrew Fowler
Our realisation of how profoundly glaciers and ice sheets respond to climate change and impact sea level and the environment has propelled their study to the forefront of Earth system science. Aspects of this multidisciplinary endeavour now constitute major areas of research. This book is named after the international summer school held annually in the beautiful alpine village of Karthaus, Northern Italy, and consists of twenty chapters based on lectures from the school. They cover theory, methods, and observations, and introduce readers to essential glaciological topics such as ice-flow dynamics, polar meteorology, mass balance, ice-core analysis, paleoclimatology, remote sensing and geophysical methods, glacial isostatic adjustment, modern and past glacial fluctuations, and ice sheet reconstruction. The chapters were written by thirty-four contributing authors who are leading international authorities in their fields. The book can be used as a graduate-level textbook for a university course, and as a valuable reference guide for practising glaciologists and climate scientists.
Author |
: Andrew Fowler |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2021 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3030425835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783030425838 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Glaciers and Ice Sheets in the Climate System by : Andrew Fowler
Our realisation of how profoundly glaciers and ice sheets respond to climate change and impact sea level and the environment has propelled their study to the forefront of Earth system science. Aspects of this multidisciplinary endeavour now constitute major areas of research. This book is named after the international summer school held annually in the beautiful alpine village of Karthaus, Northern Italy, and consists of twenty chapters based on lectures from the school. They cover theory, methods, and observations, and introduce readers to essential glaciological topics such as ice-flow dynamics, polar meteorology, mass balance, ice-core analysis, paleoclimatology, remote sensing and geophysical methods, glacial isostatic adjustment, modern and past glacial fluctuations, and ice sheet reconstruction. The chapters were written by thirty-four contributing authors who are leading international authorities in their fields. The book can be used as a graduate-level textbook for a university course, and as a valuable reference guide for practising glaciologists and climate scientists.
Author |
: Vijay P. Singh |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 1301 |
Release |
: 2011-06-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789048126422 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9048126428 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers by : Vijay P. Singh
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.
Author |
: Johannes Oerlemans |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789400963252 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9400963254 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ice Sheets and Climate by : Johannes Oerlemans
Climate modelling is a field in rapid development, and the fltudy of cryospheric processes has become an important part of it. On smaller time scales, the effect of snow cover and sea ice on the atmospheric circulation is of concern for long-range weather forecasting. Thinking in decades or centuries, the effect of a C02 climatic warming on the present-day ice sheets, and the resulting changes in global sea level, has drawn a lot of attention. In particular, the dynamics of marine ice sheets (ice sheets on a bed that would be below sea level after removal of ice and full isostatic rebound) is a subject of continuous research. This interest stems from the fact that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a marine ice sheet which, according to some workers, may be close to a complete collapse. The Pleistocene ice ages, or glacial cycles, are best characterized by total ice volume on earth, indicating that on 4 5 large time scales (10 to 10 yr) ice sheets are a dominant component of the climate system. The enormous amount of paleoclimatic information obtained from deep-sea sediments in the last few decades has led to a complete revival of iriterest in the physical aspects of the Pleistocene climatic evolution.
Author |
: Vivien Gornitz |
Publisher |
: Columbia University Press |
Total Pages |
: 364 |
Release |
: 2019-06-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780231548892 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0231548893 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vanishing Ice by : Vivien Gornitz
The Arctic is thawing. In summer, cruise ships sail through the once ice-clogged Northwest Passage, lakes form on top of the Greenland Ice Sheet, and polar bears swim farther and farther in search of waning ice floes. At the opposite end of the world, floating Antarctic ice shelves are shrinking. Mountain glaciers are in retreat worldwide, unleashing flash floods and avalanches. We are on thin ice—and with melting permafrost’s potential to let loose still more greenhouse gases, these changes may be just the beginning. Vanishing Ice is a powerful depiction of the dramatic transformation of the cryosphere—the world of ice and snow—and its consequences for the human world. Delving into the major components of the cryosphere, including ice sheets, valley glaciers, permafrost, and floating ice, Vivien Gornitz gives an up-to-date explanation of key current trends in the decline of ice mass. Drawing on a long-term perspective gained by examining changes in the cryosphere and corresponding variations in sea level over millions of years, she demonstrates the link between thawing ice and sea-level rise to point to the social and economic challenges on the horizon. Gornitz highlights the widespread repercussions of ice loss, which will affect countless people far removed from frozen regions, to explain why the big meltdown matters to us all. Written for all readers and students interested in the science of our changing climate, Vanishing Ice is an accessible and lucid warning of the coming thaw.
Author |
: Paul Andrew Mayewski |
Publisher |
: UPNE |
Total Pages |
: 266 |
Release |
: 2012-07-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781611683844 |
ISBN-13 |
: 161168384X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ice Chronicles by : Paul Andrew Mayewski
An exciting account of revolutionary new discoveries for understanding the earth's climate, and their implications for future scientific research and global environmental policy.
Author |
: W. Richard Peltier |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 627 |
Release |
: 2013-06-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783642850165 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3642850162 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ice in the Climate System by : W. Richard Peltier
According to my latest model for the last glacial maximum (LGM) (Grosswald 1988), the Arctic continental margin of Eurasia was glaciated by the Eurasian ice sheet, which consisted of three interconnected ice domes --the Scandinavian, Kara, and East Siberian. The Kara Sea glacier was largely a marine ice dome grounded on the sea's continental shelf. The ice dome discharged its ice in all directions, northward into the deep Arctic Basin, southward and westward onto the mainland of west-central North Siberia, the northern Russian Plain, and over the Barents shelf into the Norwegian-Greenland Sea On the Barents shelf, the Kara ice dome merged with the Scandinavian ice dome. In the Arctic Basin the discharged ice floated and eventually coalesced with the floating glacier ice of the North-American provenance giving rise to the Central-Arctic ice shelf. Along its southern margin, the Kara ice dome impounded the northward flowing rivers, causing the formation of large proglaciallakes and their integration into a transcontinental meltwater drainage system. Despite the constant increase in corroborating evidence, the concept of a Kara ice dome is still considered debatable, and the ice dome itself problematic. As a result, a paleogeographic uncertainty takes place, which is aggravated by the fact that a great deal of existing knowledge, no matter how broadly accepted, is based on ambiguous interpretations of the data, most of which are published in Russian and, therefore, not easily available to western scientists.
Author |
: Ralf Greve |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 2009-08-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783642034152 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3642034152 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers by : Ralf Greve
Dynamics of Ice Sheets and Glaciers presents an introduction to the dynamics and thermodynamics of flowing ice masses on Earth. Based on an outline of general continuum mechanics, the different initial-boundary-value problems for the flow of ice sheets, ice shelves, ice caps and glaciers are systematically derived. Special emphasis is put on developing hierarchies of approximations for the different systems, and suitable numerical solution techniques are discussed. A separate chapter is devoted to glacial isostasy. The book is appropriate for graduate courses in glaciology, cryospheric sciences, environmental sciences, geophysics and related fields. Standard undergraduate knowledge of mathematics (calculus, linear algebra) and physics (classical mechanics, thermodynamics) provide a sufficient background for successfully studying the text.
Author |
: Roger G. Barry |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 445 |
Release |
: 2018-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108423168 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108423167 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Polar Environments and Global Change by : Roger G. Barry
Surveys atmospheric, oceanic and cryospheric processes, present and past conditions, and changes in polar environments.
Author |
: R. C. L. Wilson |
Publisher |
: Psychology Press |
Total Pages |
: 290 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0415198410 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780415198417 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Great Ice Age by : R. C. L. Wilson
The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past 2.6 million years, outlining the emergence and global impact of our species during this period. Exploring a wide range of records of climate change, the authors demonstrate the interconnectivity of the components of the Earths climate system, show how the evidence for such change is obtained, and explain some of the problems in collecting and dating proxy climate data. One of the most dramatic aspects of humanity's rise is that it coincided with the beginnings of major environmental changes and a mass extinction that has the pace, and maybe magnitude, of those in the far-off past that stemmed from climate, geological and occasionally extraterrestrial events. This book reveals that anthropogenic effects on the world are not merely modern matters but date back perhaps a million years or more.