标题:J.L. Bamber and A.J. Payne, eds., 2004. Mass balance of the cryosphere: observations and modelling of contemporary and future changes, Foreword by John Houghton. Cambridge, etc., Cambridge University Press. 662pp., 149 line diagrams, 3 half-tones, 16 tables, 33 colour figures. ISBN 0521808952, hardback, £85.