Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Sandells, Melody (Autor), Flocco, Daniela (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:IOP (Series). Release 22.
IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.
Temas:
Cryosphere.
Climatic changes.
Oceanography (seas)
SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Oceanography.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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