Call number:
M 04.0260
Description / Table of Contents:
1. Introduction and background Jonathan Bamber and Antony PaynePart I. Observational Techniques and Methods: 2. In situ measurement techniques: land ice Jon Ove Hagen and Niels Reeh3. In situ measurement techniques: sea ice Peter Wadhams4. Remote sensing measurement techniques Jonathan Bamber and Ron KwokPart II. Modelling Techniques and Methods: 5. Modelling land ice surface mass balance Wouter Greuell and Christophe Genthon6. Modelling land ice dynamics Kees van der Veen and Anthony Payne7. Modelling sea ice dynamics William D. Hibler, IIIPart III. The Mass Balance of Sea Ice: 8. Sea ice observations Seymour Laxon, Ola Johannessen, Martin Miles, Peter Wadhams and John E. Walsh9. Sea-ice modelling Gregory M. FlatoPart IV. The Mass Balance of the Ice Sheets: 10. Greenland: recent mass-balance observations Robert H. Thomas and the PARCA investigators11. Greenland: modelling Roderik van der Wal12. Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet: observational aspects Charles Bentley13. Antarctica: modelling Philippe HuybrechtsPart V. The Mass Balance of Ice Caps and Glaciers: 14. Arctic ice caps and glaciers Julian Dowdeswell15. Glaciers and ice caps: historical background and strategies of worldwide monitoring Wilfried Haeberli16. Glaciers and the study of climate and sea-level change Mark Dyurgerov and Mark Meier17. Conclusions, summary and outlook Jonathan Bamber and Antony Payne.
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XVII, 644 S.
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Ill. [z.T. farb.], graph. Darst
ISBN:
0521808952
Location:
Upper compact magazine
Branch Library:
GFZ Library
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