Snow and climate : physical processes, surface energy exchange and modeling /

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Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2008.
Description:	xxii, 222 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Snow. Climatic changes. Snow -- Measurement. Snow -- Mathematical models. Climatic changes. Snow. Snow -- Mathematical models. Snow -- Measurement.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7191762

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Other authors / contributors:	Armstrong, Richard L. (Richard Ley), 1941- Brun, Eric.
ISBN:	9780521854542 (hbk.) 0521854547 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	The extent and variability of seasonal snow cover are important parameters in the climate system, due to their effects on energy and moisture budgets, and because surface temperature is highly dependent on snow cover. In turn, snow cover trends serve as key indicators of climate change. In the last two decades, many new techniques have become available to study snow-climate relationships. Satellites provided the first capability for monitoring snow cover extent at continental and hemispheric scales, and there have been rapid advances in snow modeling physics to represent snow cover and snow processes in Global Climate Models (GCMs). These advances have changed the way we look at snow cover. The main goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date synthesis of the current state of snow-climate science that reflects this new perspective. This volume provides an excellent synthesis for researchers and advanced students.

Table of Contents:

List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Nomenclature
1. Introduction
1.1. Basic properties of snow
1.2. Importance of snow in the climate system
1.3. Importance of snow in natural and human systems
1.4. Climate change implications
1.5. Layout of book
2. Physical processes within the snow cover and their parameterization
2.1. Introduction
2.2. General characteristics
2.3. Thermal behavior of snow
2.4. Fluid flow behavior in snow
2.5. Radiative properties of snow
3. Snow-atmosphere energy and mass balance
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Equations of energy and mass balance
3.3. The fluxes involved in the energy balance
3.4. Snow accumulation
3.5. Examples of energy and mass balances
4. Snow-cover parameterization and modeling
4.1. History of numerical modeling of snow cover
4.2. Description of recent snow models
4.3. Sensitivity of energy and mass fluxes at the snow-atmosphere interface to internal and interface parameters
4.4. Snow parameterization in GCMs
4.5. The global snow coverage in climate change scenarios
5. Snow-cover data: measurement, products, and sources
5.1. Introduction
5.2. In situ snow data
5.3. Remote sensing data
5.4. Operational snow-cover products
5.5. Global-continental snow-cover climatology: measured and modeled
Appendix. Snow model questionnaire
Index

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