Cloud effects on surface energy and mass balance in the ablation area of Brewster Glacier, New Zealand

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. P. Conway, N. J. Cullen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; envir; Brewster; New Zealand; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-313-2016; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/313/2016/tc-10-313-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/29a2a5cc407f43e6b5b7563f46f0316e

The effect of clouds on glacier surface energy balance (SEB) has received increased attention in the last decade, but how clouds interact with other meteorological forcing to influence surface mass balance (SMB) is not as well understood. This paper resolves the SEB and SMB at a site in the ablation...