| Remote Sensing in Northern Hydrology: Measuring Environmental Change Contributor(s): Dugua, Claude R. (Editor), Pietroniro, Alain (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0875904289 ISBN-13: 9780875904283 Publisher: American Geophysical Union OUR PRICE: $70.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Earth Sciences - Hydrology - Science | Physics - Geophysics - Technology & Engineering | Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems |
| Dewey: 551.480 |
| LCCN: 2005031625 |
| Series: Geophysical Monograph |
| Physical Information: 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 163. The North, with its vast and varied landscapes, sparse population, and cold climate has always challenged its explorers: physically, mentally, logistically, and technically. The scientific community in particular has known such challenges in the past and does so today, especially in light of the projected intensification of climate change at high latitudes. Indeed, there are clear signs that change is already ongoing in many environmental variables: Air temperature and annual precipitation (including snowfall) are increasing in many regions; spring snow cover extent is decreasing; lake and river ice freeze-up dates are occurring later and breakup dates earlier; glaciers are retreating rapidly; permafrost temperatures are increasing and, in many cases, the permafrost is thawing; and sea-ice extent is at record minimums and thinning. |