Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Wittmann, Monika, Groot Zwaaftink, Christine Dorothea, Steffensen Schmidt, Louise, Guðmundsson, Sverrir, Pálsson, Finnur, Arnalds, Olafur, Björnsson, Helgi, Thorsteinsson, Throstur, Stohl, Andreas
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Brúarjökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-741-2017; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/741/2017/

Deposition of small amounts of airborne dust on glaciers causes positive radiative forcing and enhanced melting due to the reduction of surface albedo. To study the effects of dust deposition on the mass balance of Brúarjökull, an outlet glacier of the largest ice cap in Iceland, Vatnajökull, a stud...