Monitoring spatial and temporal variations of surface albedo on Saint Sorlin Glacier (French Alps) using terrestrial photography

Accurate knowledge of temperate glacier mass balance is essential to understand the relationship between glacier and climate. Defined as the reflected fraction of incident radiation over the whole solar spectrum, the surface broadband albedo is one of the most important variable in a glacier...

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Main Authors: M. Dumont, P. Sirguey, Y. Arnaud, D. Six
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-09-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/759/2011/tc-5-759-2011.pdf