Mass Balance of the Cryosphere - Observations and Modelling of Contemporary and Future Changes

A detailed and comprehensive overview of observational and modelling techniques for all climate change, environmental science and glaciology researchers.

List of contents

1. Introduction and background Jonathan L. Bamber and Antony J. Payne; Part I. Observational Techniques and Methods: 2. In situ measurement techniques: land ice Jon Ove Hagen and Niels Reeh; 3. In situ measurement techniques: sea ice Peter Wadhams; 4. Remote sensing measurement techniques Jonathan L. Bamber and Ron Kwok; Part II. Modelling Techniques and Methods: 5. Modelling land ice surface mass balance Wouter Greuell and Christophe Genthon; 6. Modelling land ice dynamics Kees van der Veen and Anthony J. Payne; 7. Modelling sea ice dynamics William D. Hibler, III; Part III. The Mass Balance of Sea Ice: 8. Sea ice observations Seymour Laxon, Ola Johannessen, Martin Miles, Peter Wadhams and John E. Walsh; 9. Sea-ice modelling Gregory M. Flato; Part IV. The Mass Balance of the Ice Sheets: 10. Greenland: recent mass-balance observations Robert H. Thomas and the PARCA investigators; 11. Greenland: modelling Roderik van der Wal; 12. Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet: observational aspects Charles Bentley; 13. Antarctica: modelling Philippe Huybrechts; Part V. The Mass Balance of Ice Caps and Glaciers: 14. Arctic ice caps and glaciers Julian Dowdeswell; 15. Glaciers and ice caps: historical background and strategies of worldwide monitoring Wilfried Haeberli; 16. Glaciers and the study of climate and sea-level change Mark Dyurgerov and Mark Meier; 17. Conclusions, summary and outlook Jonathan L. Bamber and Antony J. Payne.

Summary

Land and sea ice combined form the largest part of the Earth's cryosphere, responding to climate change over timescales ranging from seasons to millennia. This is a detailed and comprehensive overview of the observation and modelling of present and predicted future trends in the mass balance of ice on Earth.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan L. (University of Bristol) Payne Bamber
• Assisted by: Jonathan L. Bamber (Editor), Jonathan L. (University of Bristol) Bamber (Editor), Bamber Jonathan L. (Editor), Anthony J. Payne (Editor), Antony J. Payne (Editor), Antony J. (University of Bristol) Payne (Editor), Payne Antony J. (Editor), John Houghton (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108457217
• ISBN: 978-1-108-45721-7
• No. of pages: 661
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Meteorology & Climatology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Geological surface processes (geomorphology), Meteorology & climatology, Meteorology and climatology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Geomorphology and geological surface processes