The Albedo of Sea-Ice and Ice Islands in the Arctic Ocean Basin
T HE surface albedo * and its change during the spring, summer and autumn seasons is probably the most significant regional factor affect-ing the heat budget of the Arctic Ocean basin. In the spring, when most of the sea-ice is covered with snow, the albedo of the surface is between 80 and 90 per ce...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.483.3422 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic14-3-188.pdf |
| Summary: | T HE surface albedo * and its change during the spring, summer and autumn seasons is probably the most significant regional factor affect-ing the heat budget of the Arctic Ocean basin. In the spring, when most of the sea-ice is covered with snow, the albedo of the surface is between 80 and 90 per cent. In mid-summer, however, the snow cover melts, fairly |
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