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OverviewThis book gives a comprehensive overview of our present understanding of the Earth's cryosphere, its changes and their consequences for mean sea level changes. Since the middle of the 19th century there has been an increase of sea level height by 20-25 cm. Some 8-10 cm of this is due to net losses from glaciers, the remainder being due to mass losses from land ice and thermal expansion of the oceans. The mean sea level rise is slowly accelerating; at present it is some 3 mm/year. Recent space observations made by the GRACE satellite combined with ocean temperature and volume measurements have enabled the separate contributions to sea level rise from melting ice and from thermal expansion to be better estimated. The estimation of mean sea level change is complicated by changes in land level due to tectonic effects and to ongoing changes following the latest major glaciation. The book gives an up-to-date survey of our present knowledge of this crucial subject. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lennart Bengtsson , Simeon Koumoutsaris , R.-M. Bonnet , Einar-Arne HerlandPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: 2012 Volume: 40 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.726kg ISBN: 9789400720626ISBN 10: 9400720629 Pages: 343 Publication Date: 31 October 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsBackground.- Observational studies of land ice.- The dynamics of land ice.- Modelling of the mass balance of land ice.- Glacier observation and modelling.- Sea level and geodynamical effects.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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