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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2011-09-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/759/2011/tc-5-759-2011.pdf |