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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Austral; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica; polar desert; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-769-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00052188; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00051842/tc-14-769-2020.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/769/2020/tc-14-769-2020.pdf

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 dynamics in particula...