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| Titel: | Mass balance of the cryosphere |
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| Titelzusatz: | observations and modelling of contemporary and future changes |
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| Mitwirkende: | Bamber, Jonathan L. [Hrsg.]  |
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| Institutionen: | USA / National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| Verf.angabe: | NASA ... Ed. by Jonathan L. Bamber ... |
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
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| Verlagsort: | Cambridge ; New York |
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| Verlag: | Cambridge University Press |
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| Jahr: | 2004 |
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| Umfang: | XVII, 644 S. |
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| Illustrationen: | Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
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| Fussnoten: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
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| ISBN: | 978-0-521-80895-8 |
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| | 0-521-80895-2 |
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| | 0-511-18763-7 |
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| | 978-0-511-18763-6 |
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| Abstract: | A detailed and comprehensive overview of observational and modelling techniques for all climate change, environmental science and glaciology researchers. |
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| | Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction and background -- 1.1 Aims and objectives of the book -- 1.2 Importance of the cryosphere in the Earth system -- 1.2.1 Sea level -- 1.2.2 Ice-ocean-atmosphere feedbacks -- 1.3 Timescales of variability -- 1.4 Geographical context -- References -- Part I Observational techniques and methods -- 2 In situ measurement techniques: land ice -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mass balance equations -- 2.3 Direct measurement of surface elevation change -- 2.3.1 Traditional surveying methods -- 2.3.2 Cartographic method: comparison of topographic maps from different years -- 2.3.3 Repeated altitude profiles by GPS -- 2.3.4 Coffee-can method -- 2.4 Measurement of mass balance components -- 2.4.1 Accumulation and ablation rate -- Stake readings -- Index methods -- Pit studies, firn and ice cores -- Annual cycles - oxygen isotopes, dust, chemistry -- Reference layers -- Automatic registrations -- Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) -- 2.4.2 Superimposed ice and internal accumulation -- 2.4.3 Error analysis -- 2.4.4 Balance velocity -- 2.4.5 Calving -- 2.4.6 Bottom mass balance (floating glaciers and ice shelves) -- Upward-pointing echo sounder -- Thickness change in bore holes, combined with strain-rate and surface balance measurements -- Mass flux divergence calculations -- The cavity beneath the glacier -- 2.5 Local mass balance equation -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 In situ measurement techniques: sea ice -- 3.1 Current techniques -- 3.1.1 Submarine sonar profiling -- 3.1.2 Moored upward sonars -- 3.1.3 Airborne laser profilometry -- 3.1.4 Airborne electromagnetic techniques -- 3.1.5 Drilling -- 3.2 Possible future techniques -- 3.2.1 Sonar on AUVs and floats -- 3.2.2 Acoustic tomography -- 3.2.3 The use of microwave sensors -- References. |
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| URL: | Volltext: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=256646 |
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| Schlagwörter: | (s)Kryosphäre / (s)Glaziologie / (s)Gletscher / (s)Massenbilanz / (s)Umweltveränderung / (s)Modellierung |
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| | (s)Kryosphäre / (s)Glaziologie / (s)Gletscher / (s)Massenbilanz / (s)Umweltveränderung / (s)Modellierung |
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| Datenträger: | Online-Ressource |
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| Dokumenttyp: | Aufsatzsammlung |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Reproduktion: | Druckausg.: The mass balance of the cryosphere. - Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge University Press, 2004. - XVII, 644 S |
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| (Umfang): | Online-Ressource |
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| RVK-Notation: | RB 10387 |
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| Sach-SW: | Antarktis |
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| | Arbeitsmethoden |
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| | Arbeitstechniken |
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| | Arktis |
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| | Atmosphäre |
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| | Beobachtung |
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| | Beobachtungsmethoden |
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| | Eisdecke |
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| | Eisschicht |
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| | Eisscholle |
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| | Energiebilanz |
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| | Fernerkundung |
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| | Glaziologie |
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| | Gletscher |
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| | Gletscherbeobachtung |
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| | Grönland |
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| | Inlandeis |
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| | Klima |
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| | Klimatologie |
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| | Klimawandel |
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| | Kryosphäre |
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| | Landeis |
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| | Massenbilanz |
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| | Meeresspiegel |
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| | Methoden |
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| | Modell |
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| | Satelliten |
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| | Seeeis |
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| | Techniken |
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| | Thermodynamik |
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| | Mass budget (Geophysics) |
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| | Electronic books |
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| | Ice sheets ; Mathematical models |
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| | Ice sheets ; Observations |
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| K10plus-PPN: | 1648513611 |
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| Lokale URL UB: |  Zum Volltext |
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978-0-521-80895-8,0-521-80895-2,0-511-18763-7,978-0-511-18763-6
Mass balance of the cryosphere / Bamber, Jonathan L. [Hrsg.]; 2004 (Online-Ressource)
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