Snow and Climate

Klappentext This book presents the prevailing state of snow-climate science for researchers and advanced students. Zusammenfassung Many distinct techniques for studying snow-climate relationships have changed the way we look at snow cover. This book gives information on the prevailing state of snow-climate science and provides an excellent synthesis for researchers and advanced students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Richard L. Armstrong and Ross Brown; 2. Physical processes within the snow cover and their parameterization Rachel E. Jordan, Mary Remley, Albert and Eric Brun; 3. Snow-atmosphere energy and mass balance John C. King, John W. Pomeroy, Donald M. Gray, Charles Fierz, Richard J. Harding, Rachel E. Jordan, Christian Plüss, Paul M. B. Föhn and Eric Martin; 4. Snow cover parameterizations and modeling Eric Brun, Zong-Liang Yang, Richard Essery and Judah Cohen; 5. Snow cover data: Sources and products Ross Brown and Richard L. Armstrong; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L Armstrong, Richard L. Armstrong
• Assisted by: Richard L Armstrong (Editor), Richard L. Armstrong (Editor), Armstrong Richard L. (Editor), Eric Brun (Editor), Brun Eric (Editor), Armstrong Richard L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521130653
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13065-3
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, Meteorology & climatology, Atmospheric physics, Meteorology and climatology