The Cryosphere / / Shawn J. Marshall.
The cryosphere encompasses the Earth's snow and ice masses. It is a critical part of our planet's climate system, one that is especially at risk from climate change and global warming. The Cryosphere provides an essential introduction to the subject, written by one of the world's lead...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Primers in Climate ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 34 line illus. 8 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction to the Cryosphere
- 2. Material Properties of Snow and Ice
- 3. Snow and Ice Thermodynamics
- 4. Seasonal Snow and Freshwater Ice
- 5. Sea Ice
- 6. Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- 7. Permafrost
- 8. Cryosphere-Climate Processes
- 9. The Cryosphere and Climate Change
- Glossary
- Notes
- Annotated Bibliography
- Index