Grant R. Bigg (University of Sheffield)

Gebundenes Buch

Icebergs

Their Science and Links to Global Change

Beschreibung

This volume provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of icebergs and their interaction with the Earth system, from the physical and biological interaction with the ocean and climate, to how iceberg debris informs us about past Earth history. It also examines risks and opportunities posed by icebergs in the modern world.

Autor

Grant R. Bigg is Professor of Earth System Science in the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield, and prior to this was Head of the Department of Geography at the same university. He won the Gordon Manley Weather Prize of the Royal Meteorological Society in 2004. Professor Bigg has published over 120 peer-reviewed papers, and is the author of The Oceans and Climate, now in its second edition. He has worked with industry on iceberg and sea-ice related topics since 2007.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 174mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781107067097
• ISBN-10: 110706709X
• Artikelnr.: 43369881