Overview

Covering more than seven percent of the earth’s surface, sea ice is crucial to the functioning of the biosphere—and is a key component in our attempts to understand and combat climate change. With On Sea Ice, geophysicist W. F. Weeks delivers a natural history of sea ice, a fully comprehensive and up-to-date account of our knowledge of its creation, change, and function.              The volume begins with the earliest recorded observations of sea ice, from 350 BC, but the majority of its information is drawn from the period after 1950, when detailed study of sea ice became widespread. Weeks delves into both micro-level characteristics—internal structure, component properties, and phase relations—and the macro-level nature of sea ice, such as salinity, growth, and decay. He also explains the mechanics of ice pack drift and the recently observed changes in ice extent and thickness.              An unparalleled account of a natural phenomenon that will be of increasing importance as the earth’s temperature rises, On Sea Ice will unquestionably be the standard for years to come.

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Author:   Willy Weeks
Publisher:   University of Alaska Press
Imprint:   University of Alaska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.361kg
ISBN:  

9781602230798

ISBN 10:   160223079
Pages:   664
Publication Date:   15 June 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface About This Book Acknowledgments Figure Sources 1.    Introduction 2.    Historical Background 3.    The Ocean Setting 4.    An Introduction to Sea Ice Growth 5.    Components 6.    The Phase Diagram 7.    Sea Ice Structure 8.    Sea Ice Salinity 9.    Sea Ice Growth: The Details 10.  Properties 11.  Polynyas and Leads 12.  Deformation 13.  Sea Ice–Seafloor Interactions 14.  Marginal Ice Zone 15.  Snow 16.  Ice Dynamics by W. D. Hibler III (with W. F. Weeks) 17.  Underwater Ice 18.  Trends 19.  Conclusions Appendix A. Symbols Appendix B. Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix C. Terminology and Glossary Appendix D. Sampling Appendix E. Thin Sections Appendix F. Remote Sensing Bibliography Index

Reviews

""On Sea Ice is a long-awaited book by the greatest living master of the art of sea ice research, and it satisfies all the expectations of those who have been waiting patiently for the last decade. . . . The book is literally the last word on the subject because, given the explosion of research effort in the past few years, the science of sea ice is now going beyond the capacity of one person to fully understand and summarize.""—Oceanography * Oceanography * “Comprehensive. . . wise in identify the weaknesses in the structure of sea ice physics theory and proposing ways forward to solve them. . . . Any young scientist reading Weeks’ book will find potential PhD topics laid out in every chapter.”  * Journal of Polar Record *

Comprehensive. . . wise in identify the weaknesses in the structure of sea ice physics theory and proposing ways forward to solve them. . . . Any young scientist reading Weeks' book will find potential PhD topics laid out in every chapter. -- Journal of Polar Record On Sea Ice is a long-awaited book by the greatest living master of the art of sea ice research, and it satisfies all the expectations of those who have been waiting patiently for the last decade. . . . The book is literally the last word on the subject because, given the explosion of research effort in the past few years, the science of sea ice is now going beyond the capacity of one person to fully understand and summarize. --Oceanography -- Oceanography

Author Information

W. F. Weeks is a geophysicist who has long studied the ice covers of the polar oceans.

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