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Research article
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07 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 07 Oct 2019
| 07 Oct 2019
The surface albedo of the Greenland Ice Sheet between 1982 and 2015 from the CLARA-A2 dataset and its relationship to the ice sheet's surface mass balance
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteorological Research, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
Michalea D. King
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Columbus, USA
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Kati Anttila
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteorological Research, Helsinki, 00560, Finland
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- Modeling seasonal growth of phototrophs on bare ice on the Qaanaaq Ice Cap, northwestern Greenland Y. Onuma et al. 10.1017/jog.2022.76
- Warm Temperature Extremes Across Greenland Connected to Clouds M. Gallagher et al. 10.1029/2019GL086059
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- Glacier albedo reduction and drought effects in the extratropical Andes, 1986–2020 T. Shaw et al. 10.1017/jog.2020.102
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- Cross-Comparison of Global Surface Albedo Operational Products-MODIS, GLASS, and CGLS C. Shao et al. 10.3390/rs13234869
- A Radiative Transfer Model-Driven Machine Learning Approach to Estimate the Snow Surface Albedo Over the Greenland Ice Sheet Z. Zhao et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2025.3551094
- Consequences of the 2019 Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Episode on Albedo A. Elmes et al. 10.3390/rs13020227
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- Modelling snowpack on ice surfaces with the ORCHIDEE land surface model: application to the Greenland ice sheet S. Charbit et al. 10.5194/tc-18-5067-2024
- Reanalysis Surface Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet Along K‐Transect (2000–2014) M. Navari et al. 10.1029/2021GL094602
- Global glacier albedo trends over 2000–2022: Drivers and implications F. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.accre.2025.03.002
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Short summary
We used a 1982–2015 time series of satellite observations to examine changes in surface reflectivity (albedo) of the Greenland Ice Sheet. We found notable decreases in albedo over most of the ice sheet margins in July and August, particularly over the west coast and between 2000 and 2015. The results indicate that significant melt now occurs in areas 50 to 100 m higher up the ice sheet relative to the early 1980s. The albedo decrease is consistent and covarying with modelled ice sheet mass loss.
We used a 1982–2015 time series of satellite observations to examine changes in surface...
