Microwave remote sensing of sea ice /
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : American Geophysical Union, c1992. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (462 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Geophysical monograph, 0065-8448 ; 68 Geophysical monograph ; 68. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9130497 |
| Summary: | Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 68.<br> <br> Human activities in the polar regions have undergone incredible changes in this century. Among these changes is the revolution that satellites have brought about in obtaining information concerning polar geophysical processes. Satellites have flown for about three decades, and the polar regions have been the subject of their routine surveillance for more than half that time. Our observations of polar regions have evolved from happenstance ship sightings and isolated harbor icing records to routine global records obtained by those satellites. Thanks to such abundant data, we now know a great deal about the ice-covered seas, which constitute about 10% of the Earth's surface. This explosion of information about sea ice has fascinated scientists for some 20 years. We are now at a point of transition in sea ice studies; we are concerned less about ice itself and more about its role in the climate system. This change in emphasis has been the prime stimulus for this book. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (462 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.). |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118663950 1118663950 087590033X 9780875900339 |
| ISSN: | 0065-8448 ; |