Annual and inter-annual variability and trends of albedo of Icelandic glaciers

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Gunnarsson, Andri, Gardarsson, Sigurdur M., Pálsson, Finnur, Jóhannesson, Tómas, Sveinsson, Óli G. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Vatnajökull; glacier; Iceland; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-547-2021; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00055519; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00055170/tc-15-547-2021.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/547/2021/tc-15-547-2021.pdf

During the melt season, absorbed solar energy, modulated at the surface predominantly by albedo, is one of the main governing factors controlling surface-melt variability for glaciers in Iceland. Using MODIS satellite-derived daily surface albedo, a gap-filled temporally continuous albedo product is...