Call number:
Atl-98-0391a-c
Description / Table of Contents:
The main purpose of the World Atlas of Snow and Ice Resources consists in the global appraisal of natural ice resources from the viewpoint of their utilization as a source of freshwater, as well as in the regional assessment of resources, their behavior, variability and in the possible use of ice and snow processes and phenomena. The Atlas is meant to systematize different data pertaining to snow and ice acquired during the last 30 years. The main concept of the Atlas is to identify all regions where ice and snow occur, and all natural phenomena concerned with ice and snow in these regions, changes that took place there in the past, and their present and forcastable state. The main emphasis is placed on the resources of snow and ice. Volume 1 of the Atlas contains about 700 main maps, the overall number being 1,100. The maps are scaled from 1:25,000 (in the case of individual glaciers) and 1:90,000,000 (for the world as whole). Volume 2 presents a monograph analyzing the natural objects dealt with in Volume 1. One will find there the principles of scientific methodology of investigation of snow and ice resources, the study of the governing laws of their occurence and behavior, and recommendations on their use. The Volume is arranged thematically so as to match the respective sections of the Atlas. [Volume 3] is intended for the readers and users of the Atlas who have no command of the Russian language. The supplementary deals with that part of the contents which is not translated into English in the Atlas itself.
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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