Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere / Melody Sandells, Daniela Flocco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sandells, Melody, author.

Flocco, Daniela, author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 22.

IOP ebooks. 2022 collection.

[IOP release $release]

IOP ebooks. [2022 collection]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cryosphere.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2022]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

Melody Sandells studied Physics at Imperial College, London before undertaking her PhD at the University of Reading and postdoc at University College London. Daniela Flocco studied Environmental Sciences and a PhD at SPRI at the University of Cambridge.

Summary:

This second edition defines different parts of the cryosphere including: permafrost, snow, land ice, sea ice, ocean, atmosphere and covers numerical modelling of thermodynamic exchanges: conservation of mass, energy, and momentum.

Contents:

1. Observing the cryosphere

1.1. Components of the cryosphere

1.2. Importance of cryospheric knowledge

1.3. Techniques for observing changes

1.4. Deposition climate records

1.5. Climate tipping points and the high latitudes

2. Basic physics

2.1. Thermodynamics of the cryosphere

2.2. Conservation equations

2.3. Radiative transfer theory

2.4. Properties of ice

3. Permafrost and periglacial environments

3.1. Frost heave

3.2. Temperature of the permafrost

3.3. Periglacial landscape formation

3.4. Sorting of stones

3.5. Patterned ground on Mars

3.6. Thawing of permafrost

4. Snow

4.1. Snow crystal formation

4.2. Snowpack formation

4.3. Metamorphism and densification

4.4. Mass and energy balance modelling

5. Land ice

5.1. Definition and importance

5.2. Glaciers

5.3. Where land and ocean meet : ice sheets and ice shelves

5.4. Icebergs

5.5. An overview of our ice sheets : Antarctica and Greenland

6. Sea ice

6.1. Sea ice properties

6.2. Ice formation

6.3. Sea ice classification

6.4. Sea ice modelling

6.5. The importance of albedo : melt ponds, leads and polynyas

7. High-latitude processes

7.1. Oceans

7.2. Ocean ventilation

7.3. High-latitude meteorological indexes

7.4. The poles and the changing climate

7.5. Polar lights : Aurora Borealis and Australis

7.6. Ecology and sea ice

8. Thoughts for the future.

Notes:

"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750336475

9780750336468

OCLC:

1358413623

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.