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The Albedo of Sea-Ice and Ice Islands in the Arctic Ocean Basin

Author(s) -

Kirby J. Hanson

Publication year - 1961

Publication title -

arctic

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1923-1245

pISSN - 0004-0843

DOI - 10.14430/arctic3673

Subject(s) - sea ice , arctic ice pack , antarctic sea ice , geology , cryosphere , melt pond , fast ice , sea ice thickness , ice albedo feedback , albedo (alchemy) , oceanography , drift ice , climatology , art , performance art , art history

In spring, when sea-ice is mostly snowcovered, the albedo of the surface is 80-90%, that of melting sea-ice in summer 65-46%, according to the proportion of puddles. Excluding puddles, the albedo of melting shelf-ice is about 77% and that of melting sea-ice about 65%; hence under similar conditions ablation of sea ice is 1.5 times greater than that of shelf ice. Based on airborne and surface measurements, on Ptarmigan flights, T-3, etc.

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