Snow Watch '92: Detection Strategies for Snow and Ice: An International Workshop on Snow and Lake Ice Cover and the Climate System plus Workshop on Cryospheric Data Rescue and Access - Report GD-25

Roger G. Barry; Barry E. Goodison; Ellsworth F. La Drew; Robert G. Crane; David A. Robinson; C.F. Ropelewski; John E. Walsh; Richard L. Armstrong; Esko Kuusisto; J.A. Maslanik; Dorothy L. Hall; Diana S. Verseghy; G. Kukla; I.B. MacNeil; Kenneth F. Dewey; Daquing Yang; Carl S. Benson; David G. Barber; Marilyn Gisberg Hughes; David A. Robinson; David R. Legates; Robert Leconte; Mark Serreze; Axel L. Schweiger; Jeffrey R. Key; Walter R. Skinner; A.E. Walker

Published by World Data Center for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), Boulder, CO, 1993

About this Item

Includes numerous graphs, charts, illustrations, and maps. Sound hinges. Pages clean and undamaged. Front cover is clean. Spine and spine-edge of front and back covers is toned (age tanned). Very slight soiling and a few tiny spots on the back cover and a few additional tiny spots on the outer page edges. The volume will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit. Separate articles included in this volume include the following: "Monitoring Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover" by Daniel A. Robinson; "Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover and Temperature Patterns in the 1980's" by C. F. Ropelewski; "Temperature Variations in Northern High Latitudes, 1960-1990" by John E. Walsh; "Detection of Fluctuations in Global Snow Cover Using Passive Microwave Remote Sensing" by Richard L. Armstrong; "Lake Ice Observations in Finland in the 19th and 20th Century: Any Message for the 21st?" by Esko Kuusisto; "Monitoring Lake Freeze-Up/Break-up as a Climatic Index" by Roger G. Barry and J.A. Maslanik; "Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Frozen Lakes for Regional Climate Studies" by Dorothy L. Hall; "Snow Modelling in General Circulation Models (GSMs)" by Diana L. Verseghy; "Glacial Start and Global Warming: What to Watch" by G. Kukla; "An Approach to Change Detection" by I.B. MacNeil; "A Southern Hemisphere Snow Cover Climatology" by Kenneth F. Dewey; "A Brief Overview on Snowcover/Climate Research at Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology (LIGG) Chinese Academy of Sciences" by Daquing Yang; "An Overview of Research on Snow in Alaska" by Carl S. Benson; "Estimation of Climatological Shortwave Albedo from Microwave Scattering Cross Sections of 5.3 and 9.25 GHz" by David G. Barber and Ellsworth F. LeDrew; "Creating Temporally Complete Snow Cover Records Using a New Method for Modelling Snow Depth" by Marilyn Ginsberg Hughes and David A. Robinson; "The Need for Removing Biases from Rain and Snow Measurements" by David R. Legates; "Comparison of Two Satellite-Derived Albedo Data Sets for the Arctic Ocean" by Mark Serreze, Axel J. Schweiger and Jeffrey R. Key; "Modelling the Interactions between Microwaves and a Snowfall/Soil System" by Robert Leconte; "Lake Ice Conditions as a Cryospheric Indicator for Detecting Climate Variability in Canada" by Walter R. Skinner; and "Data Needs for Detection of Climate Change: Some Challenges" by B. Goodison and A.E. Walker.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Snow Watch '92: Detection Strategies for Snow and Ice: An International Workshop on Snow and Lake Ice Cover and the Climate System plus Workshop on Cryospheric Data Rescue and Access - Report GD-25
• Publisher: World Data Center for Glaciology (Snow and Ice), Boulder, CO
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued