1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002075159707536

Autore

Moro, Andrea

Titolo

Dynamic antisymmetry / Andrea Moro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000

ISBN

026213375X (alk. paper)

0262632012 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Descrizione fisica

viii, 142 p. ; 23 cm

Collana

Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 38

Soggetti

Sintassi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Include bibliografia (p. [133]-138)

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299419803321

Autore

Pelto Mauri

Titolo

Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources / / by Mauri Pelto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-22605-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (115 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Climate Studies, , 2213-784X

Disciplina

551.2

Soggetti

Physical geography

Climatic changes

Hydrology

Environmental management

Earth System Sciences

Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts

Hydrology/Water Resources

Environmental Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the impact of climate change on Mount Baker glaciers, USA, and the rivers surrounding them. Glaciers are natural reservoirs that yield their resource primarily on warm dry summer days when other sources are at their lowest yield.  This natural tempering of drought conditions will be reduced as they retreat. Mount Baker, a volcano in the Cascades of Washington, is currently host to 12 principal glaciers with an area of 36.8 km2.  The glaciers yield 125 million cubic meters of water each summer that is a resource for salmon, irrigation and hydropower to the Nooksack River and Baker River watersheds.  Recent rapid retreat of all 22 glaciers is altering the runoff from the glaciers, impacting both the discharge and temperature of the Nooksack and Baker River. Over the last 30 years we have spent 270 nights camped on the mountain conducting 10,500 observations of snow depth and melt rate on Mount Baker. This data combined with observations of terminus change, area change and glacier runoff over the same 30 years allow an unusually comprehensive story to be told of the effects of climate change to Mount Baker Glaciers and the rivers that drain them.