Essays about: "Arctic 2012"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words Arctic 2012.

  1. 16. Arctic Oil Spill Response : Recovery operations - Management and Performance

    University essay from KTH/Marina system

    Author : Viktor Westerberg; [2012]
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    Abstract : With increasing presence and interest of shipping activities in the Arctic, the risk for an oil spill also increases. The activities are coupled to a growth of Arctic tourism (cruise vessels), exploitation of oil and gas resources as well as possibilities for merchant ships to sail the routes of Northwest and Northeast passages. READ MORE

  3. 17. Computational Ice Dynamics and Hydraulics : Towards a Coupling in the Ice Sheet Code ARCTIC-TARAH

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Hanna Holmgren; [2012]
    Keywords : ice dynamics; ice sheet modeling; computational hydraulics;

    Abstract : Numerical ice sheet modeling is a rather young discipline: it started in the 1950s. The "first generation" models developed at that time are currently being replaced by "new generations" ones, such as e.g. ARCTIC-TARAH. READ MORE

  4. 18. Topography and morphology analysis of marine nanoparticles and a pedagogical study of representations used for improving a high school experiment

    University essay from KTH/Rymd- och plasmafysik

    Author : Robin Bramsäter; [2012]
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    Abstract : The Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study expedition took place during the autumn of 2008 and brought back water and air samples. One theory was that marine particles were shot into the atmosphere by bubble bursting and, while in the atmosphere, acted as cloud condensation nuclei. READ MORE

  5. 19. The potential impact of changing vegetation on thawing permafrost : effects of manipulated vegetation on summer ground temperatures and soil moisture in Abisko, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Eric Torkelsson; John Bengtsson; [2012]
    Keywords : vegetation manipulation experiment; permafrost; climate change; physical geography; geography; Abisko; sub-arctic; naturgeografi; geografi; klimatförändring; manipulation av vegetation; subarktis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The Arctic region has experienced significant warming in the past decades and according to predictions further increases in air temperatures and precipitation will occur during the 21st century. Recent changes in climate have had widespread implications for the permafrost around the Arctic. READ MORE

  6. 20. Changes in size distribution of lakes in the Nadym catchment, northern Russia

    University essay from Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

    Author : Sara Ahlgren; [2012]
    Keywords : Climate change; cryosphere; high latitude areas; Nadym catchment; permafrost hydrology; Russia; thermokarst lakes;

    Abstract : Because of climate change and resource development there is an ongoing increase in the attention directed towards high latitude areas. Over the last years, warming in the Arctic has accelerated quickly. The warming climate can possibly lead to thawing of ground ice, which in turn leads to alterations of the cryosphere. READ MORE