Enhancing Nasa's Contributions to Polar Science: A Review of Polar Geophysical Data Sets

by National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Polar Research Board

The high latitudes of the Arctic and Antarctic, together with some mountainous areas with glaciers and long-lasting snow, are sometimes called the cryosphere-defined as that portion of the planet where water is perennially or seasonally frozen as sea ice, snow cover, permafrost, ice sheets, and glaciers. Variations in the extent and characteristics of surface ice and snow in the high latitudes are of fundamental importance to global climate because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309074010
• ISBN13: 9780309074018
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 138 Pages