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Margareta Johansson

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Changing snow cover and its impacts

Author

  • T.V. Callaghan
  • Margareta Johansson
  • R.D. Brown
  • P.Ya. Groisman
  • N. Labba
  • V. Radionov

Summary, in English

This report presents the findings of of the "Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) : Climate Change and the Cryosphere" assessment, the third AMAP assessment on arctic climate issues and a follow-up on the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) published in 2005. The assessment was conducted between 2008 and 2011 by over 200 scientists, experts, and members of Native groups, and brings together the latest knowledge about the changing state of each component of the arctic 'cryosphere' (the part of the Earth's surface that is seasonally or perennially frozen).

Department/s

  • Dept of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

1-59

Publication/Series

Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (swipa): Climate Change and the Cryosphere

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)

Topic

  • Physical Geography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-82-7971-071-4