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

• Main Author: Helgadóttir, Steinunn
• Other Authors: Helsingin yliopisto, Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Helsingfors universitet, Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2023
• Subjects: Glaciers; albedo; mineral dust; melt enhancement; Vatnajökull; automatic weather stations; Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Changes at Higher Latitudes; ei opintosuuntaa; no specialization; ingen studieinriktning; Tungnaárjökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/566662

Clean snow has the highest albedo of any natural surface, making snow-covered glaciers an important component of the Earth´s energy balance. However, the presence of light absorbing impurities such as mineral dust on glacier surfaces alters their reflective properties leading to a reduction in albed...