Environmental pollution impact on radiation properties of atmosphere, snow and ice cover: Study from Barentsburg (Spitsbergen Archipelago)

• Main Authors: Sviashchennikov, Pavel N., Ivanov, Boris V., Govorina, Irina A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Masaryk Univerzity 2014
• Subjects: Spitsbergen; snow cover; atmosphere; anthropogenic pollution; Svalbard; Barentsburg; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/12858

The value of the albedo of snow and ice surface is associated with the texture and structure of the surface layer of snow or ice (sea ice, glaciers), the peculiarities of the vertical redistribution of contaminations in this layer (mineral or organic particles of various concentrations, the size and...