Kriyosfer

Kriyosfer (Antik Yunanca: κρύος cryos "soğuk", "don" veya "buz" ve σφαῖρα sphaira, "küre, top") Dünya yüzeyinde suyun kar ve buz gibi katı formda bulunduğu; deniz buzu, göl buzu, nehir buzu, kar örtüsü, buzullar ve diğer buz tabakaları ve donmuş toprak (permafrostu da içerir) bölümlerinin hepsine birden verilen isimdir. Hidrosfer ile geniş bir örtüşme içindedir. Kriyosfer bulutlar, yağış, hidroloji, atmosfer ve okyanus dolaşımı üzerindeki etkisi ile küresel iklim sisteminin ayrılmaz bir parçasıdır.

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Dış bağlantılar
 International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)
 International Glaciological Society (IGS) 
 Global Outlook for Ice and Snow Assessment on the state and future of the Cryosphere, by the UN Environment Programme, June 2007
 Cryosphere overview map, from the UN Environment Programme
  Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois: Cryosphere Today
  Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
 State of the Canadian Cryosphere 
 Near-real-time overview of global ice concentration and snow extent
 National Snow and Ice Data Center
 ResearchChannel – Cryospheric Response to Climate Change. A video produced by the University of Washington, March 2008

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