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Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere / Melody Sandells, Daniela Flocco.

By: Sandells, Melody [author.].
Contributor(s): Flocco, Daniela [author.] | Institute of Physics (Great Britain) [publisher.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: IOP (Series)Release 22: ; IOP ebooks2022 collection: Publisher: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]Edition: Second edition.Description: 1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780750336475; 9780750336468.Subject(s): Cryosphere | Climatic changes | Oceanography (seas) | SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / OceanographyAdditional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 551.31 Online resources: Click here to access online Also available in print.
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.
Abstract: 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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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.

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.

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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.

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