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- Presents unique information on polar oceans derived from satellite data for predictive purposes
- Discusses the changes of ice-covered oceans over the last 25 years and how these changes may be related to observed environmental changes
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 41)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA, Greenland, U.S.A.
Josefino Comiso
About the author
Josefino C. Comiso is a Senior Research Scientist of the Oceans and Ice Branch Division of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His current research interests include: (a) the detection of climate change from historical data; (b) the role of Odden and polynyas in ocean convection and bottom water formation; (c) air-sea-ice interactions and biological processes in the polar regions; (d) radiative transfer modelling studies and satellite algorithms for sea, ice and snow.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Polar Oceans from Space
Authors: Josefino Comiso
Series Title: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68300-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-36628-9Published: 09 April 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3887-2Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-68300-3Published: 24 March 2010
Series ISSN: 1383-8601
Series E-ISSN: 2215-162X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 507
Topics: Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts