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Author : Michael Zemp,Matthias Holger Braun,Fanny Brun,Laura Thomson
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889665792
Author : Intergouvernemental panel on climate change. Working group 1
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1553 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781107057999
The report also provides a comprehensive assessment of past and future sea level change in a dedicated chapter.
Author : L. Bengtsson,R.-M. Bonnet,M. Calisto,G. Destouni,R. Gurney,J. Johannessen,Y. Kerr,W.A. Lahoz,M. Rast
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401787895
This book gives a comprehensive presentation of our present understanding of the Earth's Hydrological cycle and the problems, consequences and impacts that go with this topic. Water is a central component in the Earth's system. It is indispensable for life on Earth in its present form and influences virtually every aspect of our planet's life support system. On relatively short time scales, atmospheric water vapor interacts with the atmospheric circulation and is crucial in forming the Earth's climate zones. Water vapor is the most powerful of the greenhouse gases and serves to enhance the tropospheric temperature. The dominant part of available water on Earth resides in the oceans. Parts are locked up in the land ice on Greenland and Antarctica and a smaller part is estimated to exist as groundwater. If all the ice over the land and all the glaciers were to melt, the sea level would rise by some 80 m. In comparison, the total amount of water vapor in the atmosphere is small; it amounts to ~ 25 kg/m2, or the equivalent of 25 mm water for each column of air. Yet atmospheric water vapor is crucial for the Earth’s energy balance. The book gives an up to date presentation of the present knowledge. Previously published in Surveys in Geophysics, Volume 35, No. 3, 2014
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 2410 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009175357
The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a comprehensive assessment of the physical science basis of climate change. It considers in situ and remote observations; paleoclimate information; understanding of climate drivers and physical, chemical, and biological processes and feedbacks; global and regional climate modelling; advances in methods of analyses; and insights from climate services. It assesses the current state of the climate; human influence on climate in all regions; future climate change including sea level rise; global warming effects including extremes; climate information for risk assessment and regional adaptation; limiting climate change by reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions and reducing other greenhouse gas emissions; and benefits for air quality. The report serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with the latest policy-relevant information on climate change. Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author : Andrew G. Fountain,Robert M. Krimmel,Dennis Trabant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Glaciers
ISBN : UCR:31210020733265
Author : Uli M. Huber,Harald K.M. Bugmann,Mel A. Reasoner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402035081
This book gives an overview of the state of research in fields pertaining to the detection, understanding and prediction of global change impacts in mountain regions. More than sixty contributions from paleoclimatology, cryospheric research, hydrology, ecology, and development studies are compiled in this volume, each with an outlook on future research directions. The book will interest meteorologists, geologists, botanists and climatologists.
Author : Tom Beer,Jianping Li,Keith Alverson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107171596
Authoritative reviews on the wide-ranging ramifications of climate change, from an international team of eminent researchers.
Author : Detlef Stammer,Anny Cazenave
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781498743464
Satellite remote sensing, in particular by radar altimetry, is a crucial technique for observations of the ocean surface and of many aspects of land surfaces, and of paramount importance for climate and environmental studies. This book provides a state-of-the-art overview of the satellite altimetry techniques and related missions, and reviews the most-up-to date applications to ocean dynamics and sea level. It also discusses related space-based observations of the ocean surface and of the marine geoid, as well as applications of satellite altimetry to the cryosphere and land surface waters; operational oceanography and its applications to navigation, fishing and defense.
Author : Andrew Goudie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Geomorphology
ISBN : 0415327385
The first such reference work in thirty-five years, this is a comprehensive guide to both specific landforms and the major types of processes that create them. This two-volume set provides a historical overview of the field, while exploring recent key discoveries about tectonic and climatic changes as well as the use of new techniques such as modeling, remote sensing, and process measurement. Written by a team of expert contributors from over thirty countries, the nearly 700 alphabetically arranged entries are cross-referenced, indexed, and include up-to-date suggestions for further reading. Fully illustrated with over 360 tables and illustrations, this will be the definitive reference source for students, researchers, and practitioners in geomorphology as well as geography, earth science, sedimentology, and environmental science.
Author : Tong Lee,Sabrina Speich,Laura Lorenzoni,Sanae Chiba,Frank E. Muller-Karger,Minhan Dai,Amos T. Kabo-Bah,John Siddorn,Justin Manley,Maria Snoussi,Fei Chai
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 867 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889631209
This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.
Author : J. Oerlemans
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789026518133
This text brings together meteorology and the theory of glacier flow, providing a fundamental understanding of how glaciers respond to climate change. Attention is paid to the microclimate of glaciers and the physical processes regulating the exchange of energy and mass between glacier surface and atmosphere. Simple analytical and numerical models are used to: · investigate glaciers sensitivity to climate change · estimate response times · make an interpretation of historical glacier records · assess the contribution of glacier melt to sea-level rise Modern developments in glacier research, including satellite measurements are discussed in detail, making this a valuable reference source.
Author : Michael Zemp,United Nations Environment Programme,World Glacier Monitoring Service
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN : 9280728989
This publication is about the world's surface ice on land outside the two polar ice sheets. It provides a sound and well illustrated review on the basis of available data, the global distribution of glaciers and ice caps and their changes since maximum extents of the so-called Little ice Age. The work also presents the latest state of knowledge on glacier changes and discusses the challenges of the 21st century for the monitoring of glaciers and ice caps.
Author : Anthony Arendt,Summer Rupper,Sujay V. Kumar,David Rounce,Nir Krakauer
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889663569
Author : Jeffrey S. Kargel,Gregory J. Leonard,Michael P. Bishop,Andreas Kääb,Bruce H. Raup
Publisher : Springer
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540798187
An international team of over 150 experts provide up-to-date satellite imaging and quantitative analysis of the state and dynamics of the glaciers around the world, and they provide an in-depth review of analysis methodologies. Includes an e-published supplement. Global Land Ice Measurements from Space - Satellite Multispectral Imaging of Glaciers (GLIMS book for short) is the leading state-of-the-art technical and interpretive presentation of satellite image data and analysis of the changing state of the world's glaciers. The book is the most definitive, comprehensive product of a global glacier remote sensing consortium, Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS, http://www.glims.org). With 33 chapters and a companion e-supplement, the world's foremost experts in satellite image analysis of glaciers analyze the current state and recent and possible future changes of glaciers across the globe and interpret these findings for policy planners. Climate change is with us for some time to come, and its impacts are being felt by the world's population. The GLIMS Book, to be released about the same time as the IPCC's 5th Assessment report on global climate warming, buttresses and adds rich details and authority to the global change community's understanding of climate change impacts on the cryosphere. This will be a definitive and technically complete reference for experts and students examining the responses of glaciers to climate change. World experts demonstrate that glaciers are changing in response to the ongoing climatic upheaval in addition to other factors that pertain to the circumstances of individual glaciers. The global mosaic of glacier changes is documented by quantitative analyses and are placed into a perspective of causative factors. Starting with a Foreword, Preface, and Introduction, the GLIMS book gives the rationale for and history of glacier monitoring and satellite data analysis. It includes a comprehensive set of six "how-to" methodology chapters, twenty-five chapters detailing regional glacier state and dynamical changes, and an in-depth summary and interpretation chapter placing the observed glacier changes into a global context of the coupled atmosphere-land-ocean system. An accompanying e-supplement will include oversize imagery and other other highly visual renderings of scientific data.
Author : Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402063572
Global Change is increasingly considered a critical topic in environmental research. Remote sensing methods provide a useful tool to monitor global variables, since they provide a systematic coverage of the Earth’s surface, at different spatial, spectral and temporal resolutions. This book offers an analysis of the leading missions in global Earth observation, and reviews the main fields in which remote sensing methods are providing vital data for global change studies.