@prefix qudt: . @prefix owl: . @prefix ssd: . @prefix xsd: . @prefix skos: . @prefix rdfs: . @prefix qudt-unit: . @prefix qb: . @prefix dgu: . @prefix dct: . @prefix ui: . @prefix reg: . @prefix grib2-parameter: . @prefix qudt-quantity: . @prefix api: . @prefix vann: . @prefix prov: . @prefix foaf: . @prefix cc: . @prefix common-unit: . @prefix grib2-core: . @prefix void: . @prefix version: . @prefix bufr4-core: . @prefix rdf: . @prefix ldp: . @prefix time: . @prefix qudt-dimension: . @prefix vs: . @prefix dc: . @prefix common-core: . a skos:Concept ; rdfs:label "Cryosphere" ; dct:description "A component of the Earth system that contains ice, including solid precipitation, snow, glaciers and ice caps, ice sheets, ice shelves, icebergs, sea ice, lake ice, river ice, permafrost, and seasonally frozen ground, or even 'dry' material in the case of permafrost. The cryosphere includes elements on or beneath the Earth's surface or that are measured at the surface in the case of solid precipitation. It therefore excludes ice clouds [and other atmospheric particles]. [Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49), Vol 1]"@en ; skos:notation "cryosphere" .