Quantifying glacier melt enhancement due to dust deposition during the 2022 melt season. Tungnaárjökull glacier, South Iceland

• Main Author: Steinunn Helgadóttir 1996-
• Other Authors: Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Glaciers; Albedo; Mineral Dust; Melt Enchancement; Automatic Weather Stations; Environmental changes at Higher Latitudes (EnCHiL); Vatnajökull; Jöklar; Umhverfisbreytingar á norðurslóðum; Tungnaárjökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/45936

30 ECTS thesis approved in partial fulfilment of a double Nordic Master MSc degree in environmental changes at higher latitudes (EnCHiL), from University of Helsinki and Agricultural University of Iceland. Clean snow has the highest albedo of any natural surface, making snow-covered glaciers an impo...