Explores the importance of climate change for snow scientists, covering definitions, effects of continentality and elevation, snow cover classification, and the state of the cryosphere.
Covers the Earth's climate system components, interactions, and energy balance, including the impact of anthropogenic forcings and the role of the biosphere.
Explores predicting climate change through linear response operators, focusing on the nonequilibrium nature of the climate system and the challenges of climate predictability.
Explores climate definitions, snow feedback mechanisms, past climate variations, and future projections on air temperature, precipitation, and sea level, emphasizing the impacts and adaptations required.
Covers an overview of the climate system, including global issues, mechanisms of climate change, impacts on biodiversity, and the role of greenhouse gases.
