Atlas of Snow Cover in Mountain Region
The Study of Global Perspective and Tibetan Plateau
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Beschreibung
This book visually presents the snow cover change in the global mountain regions over the last two decades and the spatial distribution and temporal variations of main snow cover elements in the Tibetan Plateau(TP) over the last three decades in the form of maps to reveal the basic characteristics of snow cover and their dynamic process in the global mountain regions. The maps showing temperature and precipitation variations in the TP for the same period of time are also provided in the book to enable readers understand climate change in the TP. It fills the gaps of addressing the snow cover change in the global mountain region, and makes an original contribution to understanding snow cover and climate change in the global high mountain region.
Snow cover is an important component of the cryosphere, and the study on spatial and temporal variations of snow cover is essential for understanding the consequences and impacts of climate change and water resources management. The losses of snow cover may have far-reaching consequences, affecting water supplies, ecosystems, human livelihoods, and even global weather systems.
This book visually presents the snow cover change in the global mountain regions over the last two decades and the spatial distribution and temporal variations of main snow cover elements in the Tibetan Plateau(TP) over the last three decades in the form of maps to reveal the basic characteristics of snow cover and their dynamic process in the global mountain regions. The maps showing temperature and precipitation variations in the TP for the same period of time are also provided in the book to enable readers understand climate change in the TP. It fills the gaps of addressing the snow cover change in the global mountain region, and makes an original contribution to understanding snow cover and climate change in the global high mountain region.
Snow cover is an important component of the cryosphere, and the study on spatial and temporal variations of snow cover is essential for understanding the consequences and impacts of climate change and water resources management. The losses of snow cover may have far-reaching consequences, affecting water supplies, ecosystems, human livelihoods, and even global weather systems.
Targets at all levels of readers from the general public to research professionals Demonstrates how the mountain snow cover has changed over the decades under global climate warming Presents panoramic view on snow cover and climate change consequences from the world's highest mountain region
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Duo Chu
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Snow cover climate change Tibetan Plateau MODIS Surface observation