Overview
- Focuses on the state of the Arctic climate system
- Discusses interactions of the Arctic climate system with the global climate system
- Presents process studies and modelling
- Examines the important gaps in our knowledge
Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 43)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Modelling
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social, and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels.
The volume addresses the following major topics:
- Research results in observing aspects of the Arctic climate system and its processes across a range of time and space scales
- Representation of cryospheric, atmospheric, and oceanic processes in models, including simulation of their interaction with coupled models
- Our understanding of the role of the Arctic in the global climate system, its response to large-scale climate variations, and the processes involved.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This volume contains a wealth of data stemming from the ten-year Arctic Climate System Study … of the World Climate Research Programme. … Each chapter is well illustrated with graphs and maps and includes a thorough set of references. A four-page index supports the text. The book contains much valuable information; it will be an important scientific resource for climate scientists interested in the Arctic. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (J. T. Andrews, Choice, Vol. 49 (11), August, 2012)Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Arctic Climate Change
Book Subtitle: The ACSYS Decade and Beyond
Editors: Peter Lemke, Hans-Werner Jacobi
Series Title: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2027-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-2026-8Published: 23 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8306-4Published: 26 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-2027-5Published: 22 November 2011
Series ISSN: 1383-8601
Series E-ISSN: 2215-162X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 464
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climatology, Physical Geography