Snow and climate: physical processes, surface energy exchange and modeling

The extent and variability of seasonal snow cover are important parameters inthe climate system, due to their effects on energy and moisture budgets, and because surface temperature is highly dependent on snow cover. In turn, snow cover trends serve as key indicators of climate change. In the last two decades, many new techniques have become available to study snow-climate relationships. Satellites provided the first capability for monitoring snow cover extent at continental and hemispheric scales, and there have been rapid advances in snow modeling physics to represent snow cover and snow processes in Global Climate Models (GCMs). These advances have changed the way we look at snow cover. The main goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date synthesis of the currentstate of snow-climate science that reflects this new perspective. This volumeprovides an excellent synthesis for researchers and advanced students. INDICE: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction Richard L. Armstrong and Ross Brown; 2. Physical processes within the snow cover and their parameterization Rachel E. Jordan, Mary Remley Albert and Eric Brun; 3. Snow-atmosphere energy and mass balance John C. King, John W. Pomeroy, Donald M. Gray, CharlesFierz, Richard J. Harding, Rachel E. Jordan, Christian Pluss, Paul M. B. Fohnand Eric Martin; 4. Snow cover parameterizations and modeling Eric Brun, Zong-Liang Yang, Richard Essery and Judah Cohen; 5. Snow cover data: Sources and products Ross Brown and Richard L. Armstrong; Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-85454-2
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 222
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés