The Radiation, snow characteristics and albedo at summit (RASCALS) expedition report

• Main Authors: Riihelä, Aku, Lahtinen, Panu, Hakala, Teemu
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Ilmatieteen laitos 2011
• Subjects: jäätiköt; abedo; lumi; kaukokartoitus; lumen fysiikka; Grönlanti; glaciers; snow; remote sensing; snow physics; Greenland; Arctic; Laaja; Summit Camp; albedo; Ice Sheet; Radiation, Snow Characteristics and Albedo at Summit (RASCALS)
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/28678

The RASCALS expedition spent over three weeks at the Summit camp research station near the top of the Greenland Ice Sheet during polar summer 2010. During this time, detailed measurements of the physical and optical properties of Arctic perennial snow were carried out concurrently with snow albedo a...