Impact of dust deposition on the albedo of Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: M. Wittmann, C. D. Groot Zwaaftink, L. Steffensen Schmidt, S. Guðmundsson, F. Pálsson, O. Arnalds, H. Björnsson, T. Thorsteinsson, A. Stohl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: envir; geo; Brúarjökull; Vatnajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-741-2017; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/741/2017/tc-11-741-2017.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/499eeb9117374bbf954963e4df7266cb

Deposition of small amounts of airborne dust on glaciers causes positive radiative forcing and enhanced melting due to the reduction of surface albedo. To study the effects of dust deposition on the mass balance of Brúarjökull, an outlet glacier of the largest ice cap in Iceland, Vatnajökull, a stud...