Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
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Beschreibung
The cryosphere, that region of the world where water istemporarily or permanently frozen, plays a crucial role on ourplanet. Recent developments in remote sensing techniques, and theacquisition of new data sets, have resulted in significant advancesin our understanding of all components of the cryosphere and itsprocesses.
This book, based on contributions from 40 leading experts,offers a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the methods,techniques and recent advances in applications of remote sensing ofthe cryosphere. Examples of the topics covered include:
* snow extent, depth, grain-size and impurities
* surface and subsurface melting
* glaciers
* accumulation over the Greenland and Antarctica icesheets
* ice thickness and velocities
* gravimetric measurements from space
* sea, lake and river ice
* frozen ground and permafrost
* fieldwork activities
* recent and future cryosphere-oriented missions andexperiments
All figures are in color and provide an excellent visualaccompaniment to the technical and scientific aspect of thebook.
Readership: Senior undergraduates, Masters and PhDStudents, PostDocs and Researchers in cryosphere science and remotesensing.
Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere is the significant firstvolume in the new Cryosphere Science Series. This newseries comprises volumes that are at the cutting edge of newresearch, or provide focussed interdisciplinary reviews of keyaspects of the science.
Autor*in
Marco Tedesco
Themen in »Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere«
Atmospheric Sciences Earth Sciences Fernerkundung Geoinformationssystem Geowissenschaften GIS & Remote Sensing GIS u. Fernerkundung Klimatologie u. Meteorologie Kryosphäre Meteorologie Meteorology