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Surface albedo is an important driver of surface processes that promote glacier melting and is a key variable influencing glacier surface melt. Despite much focus in the literature on variations in albedo and its influence on snow surfaces, little attention has been paid to dust and its impact on bare-ice albedo with respect to glacier melting surfaces. In this paper, spatial changes in glacier albedo were investigated using three Landsat images taken during the ablation season in 2006; temporal variations in albedo were measured by an automatic weather station (AWS) in the ablation zone between 26 June and 1 August 2007 at Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in Tien Shan. Ice and snow samples and reflection spectra at 325–1050 nm were collected in August, 2007 at Urumqi Glacier No. 1. The data suggested that spatial changes in glacier albedo are not prominent after snowfall; however, once ice becomes exposed, glacier albedo varies remarkably and generally increases with elevation, especially around the snow line. Temporal variations are characterized by a large range and high frequency, and most are induced by snowfall, changes in cloud conditions, and surface dust; snowfall and cloud increase glacier albedo. Furthermore, the response of snow albedo is more sensitive to cloud compared with the response of ice albedo. Over a bare ice surface, the albedo generally decreases as the concentration of surface dust increases. Organic matter is a primary factor in reducing the albedo over ice.

Variation in Albedo and Its Relationship With Surface Dust at Urumqi Glacier No. 1 in Tien Shan, China