Mass Balance of the Cryosphere
Subtitle: Observations and Modelling of Contemporary and Future Changes
Contributors: John Houghton (Foreword); Jonathan L. Bamber (Editor); Antony J. Payne (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 662
ISBN-13: 9780521808958
Subjects: Climatology; Environmental science; Glaciology; Mass budget (Geophysics); Earth Sciences - Geology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Mathematical models; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science / Meteorology; Earth Sciences - General; Ice sheets; Observations
First sentence: The cryosphere can loosely be defined as all frozen water and soil on the surface of the Earth.