LEADER 04378nam 22007092 450 001 9910457744003321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-14405-1 010 $a1-108-45721-5 010 $a1-280-44952-7 010 $a9786610449521 010 $a0-511-18579-0 010 $a0-511-18496-4 010 $a0-511-18763-7 010 $a0-511-31369-1 010 $a0-511-53565-1 010 $a0-511-18670-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000353848 035 $a(EBL)256646 035 $a(OCoLC)171138529 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000198550 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11169126 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000198550 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183614 035 $a(PQKB)11534721 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511535659 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC256646 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL256646 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10124700 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44952 035 $a(OCoLC)80246527 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000353848 100 $a20090429d2004|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe mass balance of the cryosphere $eobservations and modelling of contemporary and future changes /$fedited by Jonathan L. Bamber and Antony J. Payne$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (xvii, 644 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-00522-1 311 $a0-521-80895-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction and background / Jonathan Bamber and Antony J. Payne -- In situ measurement techniques: land ice / Jon Ove Hagen and Niels Reeh -- In situ measurement techniques: sea ice / Peter Wadhams -- Remote sensing measurement techniques / Jonathan L. Bamber and Ron Kwok -- Modelling land ice surface mass balance / Wouter Greuell and Christophe Genthon -- Modelling land ice dynamics / Cornelis J. van der Veen and Anthony J. Payne -- Modelling sea ice dynamics / William D. Hibler, III -- Sea ice observations / Seymour Laxon . [and others] -- Sea-ice modelling Gregory M. Flato -- Greenland: recent mass-balance observations / Robert H. Thomas -- Greenland: modelling / Roderik S.W. van de Wal -- Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet: observational aspects / Charles R. Bentley -- Antarctica: modelling / Philippe Huybrechts -- Arctic ice caps and glaciers / Julian A. Dowdeswell and Jon Ove Hagen -- Glaciers and ice caps: historical background and strategies of worldwide monitoring / Wilfried Haeberli -- Glaciers and the study of climate and sea-level change / Mark B. Dyurgerov and Mark F. Meier -- Conclusions, summary and outlook / Antony J. Payne and Jonathan L. Bamber. 330 $aThe cryosphere comprises all the frozen water and soil on the surface of the Earth. Mass Balance of the Cryosphere focuses on two key components of this environment: land ice (in the form of ice sheets, caps and glaciers) and sea ice. These components have been identified as important indicators of both short and long term climate change. Early chapters cover the theory behind field-based and satellite observations, and modelling of mass balance, providing a thorough grounding in all the concepts and issues presented later in the book. Later chapters review our current understanding of the present and predicted future mass balance of the cryosphere. This is an important reference for all scientists working in the fields of climate change, environmental sciences and glaciology. It is written by leading authors in the field, and is fully integrated to provide a coherent, cross-referenced and consistent exposition on the subject. 606 $aIce sheets$xObservations 606 $aIce sheets$xMathematical models 606 $aMass budget (Geophysics) 615 0$aIce sheets$xObservations. 615 0$aIce sheets$xMathematical models. 615 0$aMass budget (Geophysics) 676 $a551.31 702 $aBamber$b Jonathan L.$f1962- 702 $aPayne$b Antony J.$f1963- 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457744003321 996 $aThe mass balance of the cryosphere$92464126 997 $aUNINA