Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 644 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color) |
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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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Print version record |
Subject |
Ice sheets -- Observations
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Ice sheets -- Mathematical models
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Mass budget (Geophysics)
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Sedimentology & Stratigraphy.
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Ice sheets
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Ice sheets -- Mathematical models
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Mass budget (Geophysics)
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Genre/Form |
Observations
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Bamber, Jonathan L., 1962-
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Payne, Antony J., 1963-
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LC no. |
2003043472 |
ISBN |
0511187637 |
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9780511187636 |
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0521808952 |
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9780521808958 |
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0511184964 |
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9780511184963 |
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9780511186707 |
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0511185790 |
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9780511185793 |
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9780511535659 |
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0511535651 |
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1280449527 |
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9781280449529 |
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9786610449521 |
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0521005221 |
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1107144051 |
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9781107144057 |
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9781108457217 |
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0511313691 |
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9780511313691 |
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