ON THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF ABLATION OF SEA ICE
A study has been made of the heat budget just before and during the season of ablation, of first year sea ice near the head of Tanquary Fiord. Ablation started as the air temperature approached 0 °C, producing a decrease in albedo from approximately 0.6 to 0.2 in less than a week. Typical values of...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1966
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e66-032 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e66-032 |