Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere /

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"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.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 latitudes2. Basic physics -- 2.1. Thermodynamics of the cryosphere -- 2.2. Conservation equations -- 2.3. Radiative transfer theory -- 2.4. Properties of ice3. 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 permafrost4. Snow -- 4.1. Snow crystal formation -- 4.2. Snowpack formation -- 4.3. Metamorphism and densification -- 4.4. Mass and energy balance modelling5. 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 Greenland6. 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 polynyas7. 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.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.Students headed for postgraduate study in environmental modelling/cryosphere.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Melody Sandells studied Physics at Imperial College, London before undertaking her PhD at the University of Reading and postdoc at University College London. Daniela Flocco studied Environmental Sciences and a PhD at SPRI at the University of Cambridge.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2023).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9780750336475

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Second edition.

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Cryosphere.
Climatic changes.
Oceanography (seas)
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Melody Sandells, Daniela Flocco.

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