Field techniques for sea ice research / edited by Hajo Eicken [and others].
- Additional Titles
- Sea ice research
- Published
- Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- xx, 565 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 27 cm + 1 DVD ROM (4 3/4 in.)
- Additional Creators
- Eicken, Hajo
- Contents
- Field techniques for snow observations on sea ice -- Ice thickness and roughness measurements -- Ice sampling and basic sea ice core analysis -- Thermal, electrical, and hydraulic properties of sea ice ice strength: in situ measurement -- Sea ice optics measurements -- Measurements and modeling of the ice-ocean interaction -- Biogeochemical properties of sea ice -- Assessment of the abundance and diversity of sea ice biota -- Studying seals in their sea ice habitat: application of traditional and scientific methods -- Community-based observation programs and indigenous and local sea ice knowledge -- Ship-based ice observation programs -- Automatic measurement stations -- Data management best practices for sea ice observations -- Principal uses of remote sensing in sea ice field research -- The use of models in the design and interpretation of field measurements -- Integrated sea ice observation programs -- Personal field logistics.
- Summary
- "As much as one-tenth of the world s oceans are covered with sea ice, or frozen ocean water, at some point during the annual cycle. Sea ice thus plays an important, often defining, role in the natural environment and the global climate system. This book is a global look at the changes in sea ice and the tools and techniques used to measure and record those changes. The first comprehensive research done on sea-ice field techniques, this volume will be indispensable for the study of northern sea ice and a must-have for scientists in the field of climate change research."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781602230590 (lithocase : alk. paper)
1602230595 (lithocase : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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