Glaciers are recognized as being among the most sensitive indicators of climate change, advancing substantially during climate cooling (e.g., the Little Ice Age) and retreating during climate warming on moderate time scales.
Firn (Snow)In hydrologic terms, old snow on top of glaciers, granular and compact and not yet converted into ice. It is a transitional stage between snow and ice. Also called Neve.
In this period, glaciers and ice sheets receded greatly, and the melt-water raised sea level by about 3 meters. cloud A visible mass of condensed water vapor particles or ice suspended above the Earth's surface.
GLACIER WINDS Air flow that descends from glaciers, occasionally at a high rate of speed.
There are two main types of glacier: mountain glaciers which form at altitude among mountain peaks and valleys; and continental glaciers, which form over continents at high latitude.
Climatic Optimum"An interval of higher summer temperatures (2°-4°C higher) that followed the retreat of the last Pleistocene glaciers in North America and Europe, ...
Air flow that descends from glaciers, occasionally at a high rate of speed. Caused by the temperature difference between the air in contact with the glacier and the air at the same altitude, it reaches maximum intensity in the early afternoon.
Erosion Wearing away of the lands by running water, glaciers, winds, and waves, can be subdivided into three process: Corrasion, Corrosion, and Transportation.
In hydrologic terms, wearing away of the lands by running water, glaciers,winds, and waves, can be subdivided into three process: Corrasion, Corrosion, and Transportation.
Glaciation - the condition that exists when land is covered with glaciers
Global Radiation - the total direct solar radiation and diffuse sky radiation (e.g., that reflected or scattered) received by surface of the earth ...
Firn Snow: Old snow on top of glaciers, granular and compact and not yet converted into ice. It is a transitional stage between snow and ice. Also called Neve.
Ice ages- Cold time periods in Earth's history, during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.
Infrared radiation- A form of energy with wave-lengths that are longer than visible light.
In fact rime ice makes up a significant source for valley glaciers as it breaks away falling into the valley below. Rime usually accumulates best on exposed obstacles, such as trees, radio masts or rock pinnacles.
cryosphere: a component of the Earth's system that is frozen water; the forms include: snow, permafrost, floating ice, and glaciers.
This period was marked by rapid expansion of mountain glaciers, especially in the Alps, Norway, Ireland, and Alaska. There were three maxima, beginning about 1650, about 1770, and 1850, each separated by slight warming intervals.
Little Ice Age The period from about 1550 to 1850 when average global temperatures were lower, and alpine glaciers increased in size and advanced down mountain valleys.
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Cryosphere One of the interrelated components of the Earth's system, the cryosphere is frozen water in the form of snow, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), floating ice, and glaciers.
A local wind which develops due to cool, dense air flowing downhill. The cooler air is generally a result of night time radiational cooling in the lower layers of the atmosphere, but katabatic winds also occur over snow fields and glaciers.
The term refers collectively to the portions of the Earth where water is in solid form. It includes snow cover, floating ice, glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, seasonally frozen ground and perennially frozen ground (permafrost).
All commonly occurring forms of ice are crystalline, although large single crystals are relatively rare except in glaciers.
Its surface may appear worn, polished or multifaceted as a result of a sort of long term sandblasting effect. These types of stones or rocks are found in dry arctic climates, near glaciers, or in desert regions.
ERLYEarlyERNEasternErosionIn hydrologic terms, wearing away of the lands by running water, glaciers,winds, and waves, can be subdivided into three process: Corrasion, Corrosion, and Transportation.
 See also: Glacier, Surface, Temperature, Air, Force
  
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