Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere /
This second edition defines different parts of the cryosphere including: permafrost, snow, land ice, sea ice, ocean, atmosphere and covers numerical modelling of thermodynamic exchanges: conservation of mass, energy, and momentum.
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) :
IOP Publishing,
2022
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Observing the cryosphere
- 1.1. Components of the cryosphere
- 1.2. Importance of cryospheric knowledge
- 1.3. Techniques for observing changes
- 1.4. Deposition climate records
- 1.5. Climate tipping points and the high latitudes
- 2. Basic physics
- 2.1. Thermodynamics of the cryosphere
- 2.2. Conservation equations
- 2.3. Radiative transfer theory
- 2.4. Properties of ice
- 3. Permafrost and periglacial environments
- 3.1. Frost heave
- 3.2. Temperature of the permafrost
- 3.3. Periglacial landscape formation
- 3.4. Sorting of stones
- 3.5. Patterned ground on Mars
- 3.6. Thawing of permafrost
- 4. Snow
- 4.1. Snow crystal formation
- 4.2. Snowpack formation
- 4.3. Metamorphism and densification
- 4.4. Mass and energy balance modelling
- 5. Land ice
- 5.1. Definition and importance
- 5.2. Glaciers
- 5.3. Where land and ocean meet : ice sheets and ice shelves
- 5.4. Icebergs
- 5.5. An overview of our ice sheets : Antarctica and Greenland
- 6. Sea ice
- 6.1. Sea ice properties
- 6.2. Ice formation
- 6.3. Sea ice classification
- 6.4. Sea ice modelling
- 6.5. The importance of albedo : melt ponds, leads and polynyas
- 7. High-latitude processes
- 7.1. Oceans
- 7.2. Ocean ventilation
- 7.3. High-latitude meteorological indexes
- 7.4. The poles and the changing climate
- 7.5. Polar lights : Aurora Borealis and Australis
- 7.6. Ecology and sea ice
- 8. Thoughts for the future.
