
Kriosfer (berasal dari bahasa Yunani Kuno κρύος cryos "dingin", "beku" atau "es" dan σφαῖρα sphaira , "bola" [ 1 ] ) adalah istilah yang merujuk kepada bagian dari permukaan Bumi yang mengandung air dalam bentuk padat , seperti es laut , es danau, es sungai, salju , glasier , tudung es dan lapisan es , serta tanah beku (yang mencakup permafrost ). [ 2 ] Dengan demikian, kriosfer bertumpang tindih dengan hidrosfer .
Kriosfer memainkan peran penting dalam karena proses umpan balik dalam memengaruhi energi permukaan, awan, hujan, hidrologi, dan sirkulasi atmosfer dan samudra. [ 2 ]
Catatan kaki
- ^ σφαῖρα , Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon , on Perseus
- ^ a b Marshall, S.J. (2012) The Cryosphere , Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Pranala luar
- International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS)
- International Glaciological Society (IGS)
- Global Outlook for Ice and Snow Diarsipkan 2007-06-08 di Wayback Machine . Assessment on the state and future of the Cryosphere, by the UN Environment Programme, June 2007
- Cryosphere overview map, from the UN Environment Programme Diarsipkan 2007-08-26 di Wayback Machine .
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois: Cryosphere Today Diarsipkan 2011-02-23 di Wayback Machine .
- Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
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- National Snow and Ice Data Center
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