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Climate Driven Retreat of Mount Baker Glaciers and Changing Water Resources (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Content originates from 30+ years of field study of the many Mt. Baker glaciers, which constitutes more on- the-ground observations than any other in North America

The study in recent years is jointly done with the Nooksack Indian Tribe

Contains imagery to illustrate the changes in glaciers that have occurred

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 107
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319226057
• Artikelnr.: 44612727

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Description of Living on these Glaciers.
Introduction: Overview of the Mount Baker region.
General climate.
Climate Trends of the last century.
Glacier response to climate: 1900
2014.
Field observations of glacier change: 1984
2014: Mass balance, terminus and area change.
Impact of runoff in Nooksack River.
Impact of runoff in Baker River.
Forecast of Glacier Future.