Glaciers and Ice Sheets in the Climate System - The Karthaus Summer School Lecture Notes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)

Our realisation of how profoundly glaciers and ice sheets respond to climate change and impact sea level and the environment has propelled their study to the forefront of Earth system science. Aspects of this multidisciplinary endeavour now constitute major areas of research. This book is named after the international summer school held annually in the beautiful alpine village of Karthaus, Northern Italy, and consists of twenty chapters based on lectures from the school. They cover theory, methods, and observations, and introduce readers to essential glaciological topics such as ice-flow dynamics, polar meteorology, mass balance, ice-core analysis, paleoclimatology, remote sensing and geophysical methods, glacial isostatic adjustment, modern and past glacial fluctuations, and ice sheet reconstruction. The chapters were written by thirty-four contributing authors who are leading international authorities in their fields. The book can be used as a graduate-level textbook for a university course, and as a valuable reference guide for practising glaciologists and climate scientists.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
Release date:	November 2020
First published:	2021
Editors:	Andrew Fowler • Felix Ng
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	530
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-042582-1
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Geology & the lithosphere > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	3-03-042582-7
Barcode:	9783030425821

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