The Cryosphere of Central Asian Endorheic Basins

2022. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-94-017-8650-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Springer Earth System Sciences

This book is the first comprehensive research about central Asia cryosphere as a system, the unique natural system that maintains life in the world largest central Asia arid endorheic basin

This book is the result of many years original research in central Asia that employs surface observational remote sensing and deep alpine ice-coring data in simulation modern, past and future evolution of climate and alpine cryosphere in center of Eurasia

This book will be supplied with color photographs of beautiful alpine scenarios and web access to original data including high resolution satellite imagery

The readers will see an extraordinary interesting relationship between the atmosphere, climate, cryosphere and hydrological processes in arid central Asian endorheic basins and their role in existence of thousands of years central Asian civilization

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aizen, Vladimir

Aizen, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geomorphologie, Erosion, Glaziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

From the Contents: Central Asia mountain systems (Altai, Tien Shan, Pamir) and endorheic basins.- Central Asia cryosphere.- Seasonal snow cover and avalanches.- Glaciers.- Seasonally frozen ground and permafrost.- Central Asia Climate and Cryosphere.- Central Asia climate and atmospheric circulation (large scale and regional synoptic patterns).- Central Asia climate/cryosphere teleconnection patterns of the Northern Hemisphere interaction between atmosphere, land, and ocean processes.

Über Autor(innen)

Vladimir B. Aizen is Professor at the University of Idaho, Department of Geography, in Moscow, Idaho (USA). His main fields of interest are glacialogy, hydrology, climatology, geographical information systems (GIS) and remote sensing data analysis.
Elena M. Aizen is Research Professor at the University of Idaho, Department of Geography, in Moscow, Idaho (USA). Her main fields of interest are climatology, mathematics and glacialogy.