cryospheric component
C22540
concept
The cryospheric component is the part of the Earth system consisting of all forms of frozen water, including snow, ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, permafrost, and seasonally frozen ground, that influences climate, sea level, and hydrological processes.
Observed surface forms (2)
- cryospheric system ×3
- cryosphere ×1
Instances (5)
- Alaska Range and Wrangell–St. Elias glacial system via concept surface "cryospheric system"
- Northern Hemisphere ice sheets
- Wrangell Mountains glacial system via concept surface "cryospheric system"
- Antarctic cryosphere via concept surface "cryosphere"
- Coast Mountains glacial system via concept surface "cryospheric system"