Autore |
Weeks W. F
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2010
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (682 p.)
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Disciplina |
551.34/3
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Altri autori (Persone) |
HiblerW. D., III.
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Soggetto topico |
Sea ice
Ice
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Soggetto genere / forma |
Electronic books.
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ISBN |
1-60223-101-X
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; About This Book; Acknowledgments; Figure Sources; 1. Introduction; 2. Historical Background; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Some Ancient History; 2.3 The 19th Century; 2.4 The 20th Century; 3. The Ocean Setting; 3.1 Topography; 3.2 Hydrology; 3.3 Currents; 3.4 Water Masses; 4. An Introduction to Sea Ice Growth; 4.1 A Growth Model; 4.2 Multiyear Ice; 5. Components; 5.1 Water; 5.2 Seawater and Brine; 5.3 Ice; 5.4 Solid Salts; 6. The Phase Diagram; 6.1 Fundamentals; 6.2 Experiments and Analysis; 6.3 Questions; 7. Sea Ice Structure; 7.1 Environmental Pathways and Terminology
7.2 First-Year Ice7.3 Old Ice; 7.4 Reality; 8. Sea Ice Salinity; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Observations; 8.3 Mechanisms; 8.4 Theories; 8.5 Inclusion Geometry; 9. Sea Ice Growth: The Details; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 A Thin FY Ice Model; 9.3 A Thick Ice Model; 9.4 Further Efforts; 10. Properties; 10.1 Density; 10.2 Gas Content and Composition; 10.3 Thermal Properties; 10.4 Mechanical Properties; 10.5 Electromagnetic Properties; 10.6 Concluding Remarks; 11. Polynyas and Leads; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Polynyas; 11.3 Leads; 12. Deformation; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Terminology; 12.3 Field Observations
12.4 Properties of Individual Ridges12.5 Remote Profiling; 12.6 Models; 12.7 Conclusions; 13. Sea Ice-Seafloor Interactions; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Observational Methods; 13.3 Results; 13.4 Applications; 14. Marginal Ice Zone; 14.1 General Characteristics; 14.2 Regional Characteristics; 14.3 Wave-Ice Interactions; 14.4 Ice-Edge Bands; 14.5 Conclusions; 15. Snow; 15.1 Arctic; 15.2 Antarctic; 15.3 Conclusions; 16. Ice Dynamics; 16.1 Some Background; 16.2 Observations of Sea Ice Motion and Deformation; 16.3 Stress Measurements; 16.4 Modeling Sea Ice Drift and Deformation; 16.5 Sea Ice Mechanics
16.6 Ice Thickness Distribution Theory16.7 Simulations of the Evolution of Sea Ice; 16.8 Concluding Remarks; 17. Underwater Ice; 17.1 Introduction; 17.2 Platelet Ice; 17.3 Marine Ice; 17.4 Anchor Ice; 17.5 Conclusions; 18. Trends; 18.1 Introduction; 18.2 Arctic; 18.3 Antarctic; 18.4 Causes and Predictions; 19. Conclusions; Appendix A: Symbols; Appendix B: Acronyms & Abbreviations; Appendix C: Terminology & Glossary; Appendix D: Sampling; Appendix E: Thin Sections; Appendix F: Remote Sensing; Bibliography; Index
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