Rainfall at the Greenland ice sheet Summit 14 August 2021, was delivered by an atmospheric river (AR). Extreme surface ablation expanded the all‐Greenland bare ice area …
Glaciers in many parts of the world are reported to be undergoing a darkening process (decrease in surface albedo). This has multiple causes, including the presence of impurities …
The Arctic is one chapter from the State of the Climate in 2021 annual report and is available from https://doi. org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0082.1. Compiled by NOAA's National Centers for …
Glacier surfaces are highly heterogeneous mixtures of ice, snow, light-absorbing impurities and debris material. The spatial and temporal variability of these components affects ice …
Albedo is a key factor in modulating the absorption of solar radiation on ice surfaces. Satellite measurements have shown a general reduction in albedo across the Greenland ice …
We present an update of the Snow and Ice (SICE) property retrieval algorithm based on the spectral measurements of Ocean and Land Color Instrument (OLCI) onboard Sentinel-3 …
The optical diameter of the surface snow grains impacts the amount of energy absorbed by the surface and therefore the onset and magnitude of surface melt. Snow grains respond to …
The Arctic is one chapter from the State of the Climate in 2021 annual report and is available from https://doi. org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0082.1. Compiled by NOAA's National Centers for …
Surface mass loss from the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) has accelerated over the past decades, mainly due to enhanced surface melting and liquid water runoff in response to …