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Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: Springer Praxis Books
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An international team of over 150 experts provide up-to-date
satellite imaging and quantitative analysis of the state and
dynamics of the glaciers around the world, and they provide an
in-depth review of analysis methodologies. Includes an e-published
supplement. Global Land Ice Measurements from Space - Satellite
Multispectral Imaging of Glaciers (GLIMS book for short) is the
leading state-of-the-art technical and interpretive presentation of
satellite image data and analysis of the changing state of the
world's glaciers. The book is the most definitive, comprehensive
product of a global glacier remote sensing consortium, Global Land
Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS, http://www.glims.org). With 33
chapters and a companion e-supplement, the world's foremost experts
in satellite image analysis of glaciers analyze the current state
and recent and possible future changes of glaciers across the globe
and interpret these findings for policy planners. Climate change is
with us for some time to come, and its impacts are being felt by
the world's population. The GLIMS Book, to be released about the
same time as the IPCC's 5th Assessment report on global climate
warming, buttresses and adds rich details and authority to the
global change community's understanding of climate change impacts
on the cryosphere. This will be a definitive and technically
complete reference for experts and students examining the responses
of glaciers to climate change. World experts demonstrate that
glaciers are changing in response to the ongoing climatic upheaval
in addition to other factors that pertain to the circumstances of
individual glaciers. The global mosaic of glacier changes is
documented by quantitative analyses and are placed into a
perspective of causative factors. Starting with a Foreword,
Preface, and Introduction, the GLIMS book gives the rationale for
and history of glacier monitoring and satellite data analysis. It
includes a comprehensive set of six "how-to" methodology chapters,
twenty-five chapters detailing regional glacier state and dynamical
changes, and an in-depth summary and interpretation chapter placing
the observed glacier changes into a global context of the coupled
atmosphere-land-ocean system. An accompanying e-supplement will
include oversize imagery and other other highly visual renderings
of scientific data.
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