The seasonal evolution of albedo across glaciers and the surrounding landscape of Taylor Valley, Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Bergstrom, Anna, Gooseff, Michael N., Myers, Madeline, Doran, Peter T., Cross, Julian M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: LSU Digital Commons 2020
• Subjects: Austral; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar desert
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/geo_pubs/581; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-769-2020; https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/context/geo_pubs/article/1580/viewcontent/581.pdf

© Author(s) 2020. The McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDVs) of Antarctica are a polar desert ecosystem consisting of alpine glaciers, ice-covered lakes, streams, and expanses of vegetation-free rocky soil. Because average summer temperatures are close to 0 °C, the MDV ecosystem in general, and glacier melt dyn...