Marco Tedesco - Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere

Permafrost, sea ice, snow, and ice masses ranging from continental ice sheets to mountain glaciers, are key components of the global environment, intersecting both physical and human systems. The study of the cryosphere is central to issues such as global climate change, regional water resources, and sea level change, and is at the forefront of research across a wide spectrum of disciplines, including glaciology, climatology, geology, environmental science, geography and planning.

The Wiley-Blackwell Cryosphere Science Series comprises volumes that are at the cutting edge of new research, or provide a focused interdisciplinary reviews of key aspects of the science.

Series Editor
Peter G Knight, Senior Lecturer in geography, Keele University

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Remote sensing of the cryosphere / edited by M. Tedesco.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-118-36885-5 (cloth)

1. CryosphereRemote sensingTextbooks. I. Tedesco, M., 1971- editor of compilation.

GB2401.72.R42R47 2015

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2014019575

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Cover image: The Matusevich Glacier, East Antarctica. Courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory.

To my daughters, Olivia and Francesca and my wife, Luisa

1. Waleed Abdalati University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

1. Liss M. Andreassen Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway

1. A.A. Arendt University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA

1. Monique Bernier Centre Eau, Terre, Environnement, Qubec, Qubec G1K 9A9, Canada

1. Suzanne Bevan Swansea University, UK

1. Tobias Bolch University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

1. Ludovic Brucker NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, and Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, USA

1. Jeffrey S. Deems CIRES National Snow and Ice Data Center, and CIRES/NOAA Western Water Assessment University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

1. Chris Derksen Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada

1. Stephen J. Dry University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

1. Claude R. Duguay University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada

1. Richard Forster University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

1. James L. Foster NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Allan Frei Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, USA

1. Yves Gauthier Centre Eau, Terre, Environnement, Qubec, Qubec G1K 9A9, Canada

1. Prasad Gogineni Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA, USA

1. Guido Grosse University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA

1. Dorothy K. Hall NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Robert L. Hawley Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

1. M. Horwath Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany

1. Andreas Kb University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

1. Alexander A. Khokanovsky Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

1. Lora Koenig NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Alexei Kouraev Laboratoire d'Etudes en Gophysique et Ocanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), 31401, Toulouse Cedex 9, France

1. B.D. Loomis SGT Inc., Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Scott B. Luthcke NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Thorsten Markus NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Hans-Peter Marshall Boise State University, ID, USA

1. Walter N. Meier NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Julie Miller University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

1. Thomas Mote University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

1. Tommaso Parrinello European Space Agency, ESRIN, Frascati, Italy

1. Bruce H. Raup NSIDC, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

1. D.D. Rowlands NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. T.J. Sabaka NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

1. Konrad Steffen Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Lausanne, Switzerland

1. Marco Tedesco The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

1. Charles Webb NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, USA

1. Sebastian Westermann University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

1. Jie-Bang Yan Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA, USA

Permafrost, sea ice, snow, and ice masses, ranging from continental ice sheets to mountain glaciers, are key components of the global environment, intersecting both physical and human systems. The scientific study of the cryosphere is central to issues such as global climate change, regional water resources, and sea-level change. The cryosphere is at the forefront of research across a wide spectrum of disciplinary interests, including glaciology, climatology, geology, environmental science, geography and planning.