Tropical Glaciers
Author | : Georg Kaser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521633338 |
Glaciers in the tropics and their environmental consequences.
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Author | : Georg Kaser |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780521633338 |
Glaciers in the tropics and their environmental consequences.
Author | : J. Oerlemans |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9026518137 |
This text brings together meteorology and the theory of glacier flow, providing a fundamental understanding of how glaciers respond to climate change. Attention is paid to the microclimate of glaciers and the physical processes regulating the exchange of energy and mass between glacier surface and atmosphere. Simple analytical and numerical models are used to: · investigate glaciers sensitivity to climate change · estimate response times · make an interpretation of historical glacier records · assess the contribution of glacier melt to sea-level rise Modern developments in glacier research, including satellite measurements are discussed in detail, making this a valuable reference source.
Author | : Fritz Battle Mu ller |
Publisher | : International Commission on Snow and Ice of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Continues work of previous volumes, with data from polar and non-polar glaciers all over the world and with addenda from earlier years.
Author | : Jeffrey S. Kargel |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 936 |
Release | : 2014-07-08 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3540798188 |
An international team of over 150 experts provide up-to-date satellite imaging and quantitative analysis of the state and dynamics of the glaciers around the world, and they provide an in-depth review of analysis methodologies. Includes an e-published supplement. Global Land Ice Measurements from Space - Satellite Multispectral Imaging of Glaciers (GLIMS book for short) is the leading state-of-the-art technical and interpretive presentation of satellite image data and analysis of the changing state of the world's glaciers. The book is the most definitive, comprehensive product of a global glacier remote sensing consortium, Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS, http://www.glims.org). With 33 chapters and a companion e-supplement, the world's foremost experts in satellite image analysis of glaciers analyze the current state and recent and possible future changes of glaciers across the globe and interpret these findings for policy planners. Climate change is with us for some time to come, and its impacts are being felt by the world's population. The GLIMS Book, to be released about the same time as the IPCC's 5th Assessment report on global climate warming, buttresses and adds rich details and authority to the global change community's understanding of climate change impacts on the cryosphere. This will be a definitive and technically complete reference for experts and students examining the responses of glaciers to climate change. World experts demonstrate that glaciers are changing in response to the ongoing climatic upheaval in addition to other factors that pertain to the circumstances of individual glaciers. The global mosaic of glacier changes is documented by quantitative analyses and are placed into a perspective of causative factors. Starting with a Foreword, Preface, and Introduction, the GLIMS book gives the rationale for and history of glacier monitoring and satellite data analysis. It includes a comprehensive set of six "how-to" methodology chapters, twenty-five chapters detailing regional glacier state and dynamical changes, and an in-depth summary and interpretation chapter placing the observed glacier changes into a global context of the coupled atmosphere-land-ocean system. An accompanying e-supplement will include oversize imagery and other other highly visual renderings of scientific data.
Author | : Johannes Oerlemans |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2013-06-29 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9401578230 |
Proceedings of the Symposium on Glacier Fluctuations and Climatic Change, held in Amsterdam, June 1-5, 1987
Author | : Michael Zemp |
Publisher | : UNEP/Earthprint |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9789280728989 |
This publication is about the world's surface ice on land outside the two polar ice sheets. It provides a sound and well illustrated review on the basis of available data, the global distribution of glaciers and ice caps and their changes since maximum extents of the so-called Little ice Age. The work also presents the latest state of knowledge on glacier changes and discusses the challenges of the 21st century for the monitoring of glaciers and ice caps.
Author | : Peter G. Knight |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2008-04-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0470750235 |
Glacier Science and Environmental Change is an authoritative and comprehensive reference work on contemporary issues in glaciology. It explores the interface between glacier science and environmental change, in the past, present, and future. Written by the world’s foremost authorities in the subject and researchers at the scientific frontier where conventional wisdom of approach comes face to face with unsolved problems, this book provides: state-of-the-art reviews of the key topics in glaciology and related disciplines in environmental change cutting-edge case studies of the latest research an interdisciplinary synthesis of the issues that draw together the research efforts of glaciologists and scientists from other areas such as geologists, hydrologists, and climatologists color-plate section (with selected extra figures provided in color at www.blackwellpublishing.com/knight). The topics in this book have been carefully chosen to reflect current priorities in research, the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, and the developing relationship between glaciology and studies of environmental change. Glacier Science and Environmental Change is essential reading for advanced undergraduates, postgraduate research students, and professional researchers in glaciology, geology, geography, geophysics, climatology, and related disciplines.