Roger G Barry, Thian Yew Gan

The Global Cryosphere

Past, Present, and Future

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive account of all components of the Earth's cryosphere, including their past characteristics, and future states.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 586
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 190mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1429g
• ISBN-13: 9781108487559
• ISBN-10: 1108487556
• Artikelnr.: 61260830

Autorenporträt

Roger G. Barry was Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1977 to 2008, and Professor of Geography from 1968 to 2010. He was appointed a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor in 2004. From 2012 to 2014 he was Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK. He was a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, and his awards included the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, the Nobel Peace Prize (as part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change team), a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fulbright Fellow, a Humboldt Prize Fellow, and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Environmental Sciences (RAEN). Roger passed away peacefully in Boulder, Colorado in March, 2018.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
Part I. The Terrestrial Cryosphere: 2A. Snowfall and Snow Cover
2B. Avalanches
3. Glaciers and Ice Caps
4. Ice Sheets
5. Frozen Ground and Permafrost
6. Freshwater Ice: Lakes, Rivers and Icings
Part II. The Marine Cryosphere: 7. Sea Ice
8. Ice Shelves and Icebergs
Part III. The Cryosphere Past and Future: 9. The Cryosphere in the Past
10. The Future Cryosphere - Impacts of Global Warming
Part IV. Applications: 11. Applications of Snow and Ice Research
Glossary
References
Index.