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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Roger Barry  and
Thian Yew Gan
By
Roger G. Barry  and
Thian Y. Gan
Roger Barry
Affiliation:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC/CIRES)
Thian Yew Gan
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
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Preface

This text aims to fill a long-standing gap in the scientific literature. While there are many texts on individual components of the cryosphere – snow cover, glaciers, ice sheets, lake and river ice, permafrost, sea ice, and icebergs – there is no comprehensive account. The text is aimed at upper division undergraduates and beginning graduate students in environmental sciences, geography, geology, glaciology, hydrology, water resources engineering, and ocean sciences, as well as providing a reference source for scientists in all environmental science and engineering disciplines.

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The Global Cryosphere
Past, Present and Future
 , pp. xi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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