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A distant look at the cryosphere
Advances in Space Research, 1985Abstract Ninety nine per cent of all the fresh water on the surface of the Earth is in the form of ice. Observations from space have revealed more about the ice than about most other parts of the environment because at the dawn of the satellite era, less was known about it.
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2013
Abstract The polar oceans interact with both sea ice, formed in situ at the ocean surface, and land ice, flowing under gravity from the land onto the ocean surface. This ice–ocean interaction has profound consequences for the ocean and climate in a number of ways: a change in ocean surface albedo and surface energy balance where there is ice cover ...
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Abstract The polar oceans interact with both sea ice, formed in situ at the ocean surface, and land ice, flowing under gravity from the land onto the ocean surface. This ice–ocean interaction has profound consequences for the ocean and climate in a number of ways: a change in ocean surface albedo and surface energy balance where there is ice cover ...
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climate change and the melting cryosphere
2021Contemporary climate change affects the cryosphere. The consequences of the current melting of the cryosphere due to warming air temperatures affect all components of the climatic and hydrological mechanics. The cryosphere is defined as the cold sphere, and occurs on Earth in various forms from water to solid ice.
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2004
The cryosphere refers to the Earth’s frozen realm. As such, it includes the 10 percent of the terrestrial surface covered by ice sheets and glaciers, an additional 14 percent characterized by permafrost and/or periglacial processes, and those regions affected by ephemeral and permanent snow cover and sea ice.
Kenneth M. Hinkel, Andrew W. Ellis
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The cryosphere refers to the Earth’s frozen realm. As such, it includes the 10 percent of the terrestrial surface covered by ice sheets and glaciers, an additional 14 percent characterized by permafrost and/or periglacial processes, and those regions affected by ephemeral and permanent snow cover and sea ice.
Kenneth M. Hinkel, Andrew W. Ellis
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Physical Properties of the Cryosphere
2021Physical properties of the cryosphere are the basis to understanding all processes and mechanisms in the cryosphere. Although ice is the core material in all the cryospheric components, there are enormous physical differences between various cryospheric components due to different proportions and properties of other substances in different cryospheric ...
Jiawen Ren +3 more
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Chemical Characteristics of the Cryosphere
2021Cryospheric chemistry is one of the most important research aspects of Cryospheric Science and has important impacts on the climatic and environmental changes. Studies of the chemical characteristics of the cryosphere have mainly focused on the spatial–temporal distribution, sources and processes of chemical components in the continental cryosphere ...
Tandong Yao +3 more
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2017
Satellite observations have revolutionized our understanding of the cryosphere and the critical role it plays in shaping Earth's climate system. Polar regions play a critical role in the climate system. Ice reflects sunlight, thus reducing the amount of energy being collected by the Earth, it influences the thermohaline ocean circulation, it warms up ...
William Emery, Adriano Camps
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Satellite observations have revolutionized our understanding of the cryosphere and the critical role it plays in shaping Earth's climate system. Polar regions play a critical role in the climate system. Ice reflects sunlight, thus reducing the amount of energy being collected by the Earth, it influences the thermohaline ocean circulation, it warms up ...
William Emery, Adriano Camps
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A darker cryosphere in a warming world
Nature Climate Change, 2020Dust and black carbon deposition in high-mountain Asia darkens snow and ice, increases sunlight absorption and causes melt — a reinforcing feedback. Now research shows the increasing importance of dust over black carbon at higher altitude, and the sensitivity of aerosol transport and delivery to Arctic sea-ice melt.
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Mountain cryospheric studies and the WCRP climate and cryosphere (CliC) project
Journal of Hydrology, 2003Abstract A new element of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has been inaugurated addressing the role of the cryosphere in climate. A Science and Co-ordination Plan has been issued for the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) project. Topics of concern for high mountain hydrology are; ice caps and glaciers, seasonal snow cover, freshwater ice, and ...
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