Remote Sensing in Northern Hydrology: Measuring Environmental Change

Remote Sensing in Northern Hydrology: Measuring Environmental Change
ISBN-10
0875904289
ISBN-13
9780875904283
Category
Science
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
2005-01-14
Publisher
American Geophysical Union
Author
Claude R. Dugua

Description

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 163. The North, with its vast and varied landscapes, sparse population, and cold climate has always challenged its explorers: physically, mentally, logistically, and technically. The scientific community in particular has known such challenges in the past and does so today, especially in light of the projected intensification of climate change at high latitudes. Indeed, there are clear signs that change is already ongoing in many environmental variables: Air temperature and annual precipitation (including snowfall) are increasing in many regions; spring snow cover extent is decreasing; lake and river ice freeze-up dates are occurring later and breakup dates earlier; glaciers are retreating rapidly; permafrost temperatures are increasing and, in many cases, the permafrost is thawing; and sea-ice extent is at record minimums and thinning.

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