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Title Mass balance of the cryosphere : observations and modelling of contemporary and future changes / edited by Jonathan L. Bamber and Antony J. Payne
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 644 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
illustration, map
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction and background; Part I Observational techniques and methods; Part II Modelling techniques and methods; Part III The mass balance of sea ice; Part IV The mass balance of the ice sheets; Part V The mass balance of ice caps and glaciers; Index
Summary Land and sea ice combined form the largest part of the Earth's cryosphere, responding to climate change over timescales ranging from seasons to millennia. This is a detailed and comprehensive overview of the observation and modelling of present and predicted future trends in the mass balance of ice on Earth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Ice sheets -- Observations
Ice sheets -- Mathematical models
Mass budget (Geophysics)
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
Ice sheets
Ice sheets -- Mathematical models
Mass budget (Geophysics)
Genre/Form Observations
Form Electronic book
Author Bamber, Jonathan L., 1962-
Payne, Antony J., 1963-
LC no. 2003043472
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