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Dynamics of Snow and Ice Masses
- 1st Edition - November 14, 2012
- Editor: Samuel C. Colbeck
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 4 5 7 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 8 8 9 - 4
Dynamics of Snow and Ice Masses gives an outline of snow and ice studies with an emphasis on essential properties and processes. The monograph also treats the dynamical aspects of… Read more
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Request a sales quoteDynamics of Snow and Ice Masses gives an outline of snow and ice studies with an emphasis on essential properties and processes. The monograph also treats the dynamical aspects of snow and ice masses. The text covers topics such as the flow and temperature of ice sheets and shelves, the numerical modeling of ice-sheet changes; the structure of glaciers, the experimental creep behavior of ice, flow law of glacier ice, and advance and retreat of glaciers. Also covered are topics such as sea ice - the physics of its growth, drift, and decay; iceberg deterioration, sources, drift, and drift patterns; and freshwater ice growth, motion, and decay. The book is recommended as a textbook for graduate-level students of snow and ice studies and as reference for climatologists.
List of Contributors
Preface
1 Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves
I. Introduction
II. Theoretical Background
III. Flow of Ice Sheets
IV. Numerical Modeling of Ice-Sheet Changes
V. Flow of Ice Shelves
VI. Temperatures in Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves
VII. Instabilities in Ice Sheets
References
2 Temperate Valley Glaciers
I. Introduction
II. General Description of Processes
III. Structure of a Glacier
IV. Notation and Basic Equations
V. Experimental Creep Behavior of Ice
VI. Variation of Velocity and Stress with Depth
VII. Variation of Velocity and Stress in a Cross Section
VIII. Longitudinal Variation of Velocity and Stress
IX. Flow Law of Glacier Ice Inferred from Deformation Measurements
X. Sliding Behavior of Glaciers
XI. Mathematical Theory of Sliding
XII. Advance and Retreat of Glaciers
References
3 Sea Ice Growth, Drift, and Decay
I. Introduction
II. General Characteristics of Sea Ice
III. Physics of Sea Ice Growth, Drift, and Decay
IV. Numerical Simulation of Sea Ice Growth, Drift, and Decay
V. Concluding Remarks
References
4 Iceberg Drift and Deterioration
I. Introduction
II. Icebergs and Their Sources
III. Global Drift Patterns
IV. Local Iceberg Drift
V. Deterioration
VI. Future Trends in Research
References
5 Freshwater Ice Growth, Motion, and Decay
I. Introduction
II. River Ice
III. Lake Ice
IV. Artificial Effects on River Ice
V. Artificial Effects on Lake Ice
VI. Summary
References
6 The Seasonal Snowcover
I. Introduction
II. Metamorphism of Dry Snow
III. Properties of Dry Snow
IV. Blowing Snow
V. Snowmelt
VI. Wet Snow
References
7 Avalanche Release, Motion, and Impact
I. Introduction
II. Mechanism of Avalanche Release
III. Avalanche Motion and Impact
IV. Concluding Remarks
References
Index
- No. of pages: 478
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 14, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124145702
- eBook ISBN: 9780323148894
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