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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3425-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3425-2020
Research article
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17 Oct 2020
Research article |  | 17 Oct 2020

Variability in glacier albedo and links to annual mass balance for the gardens of Eden and Allah, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Angus J. Dowson, Pascal Sirguey, and Nicolas J. Cullen

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Satellite observations over 19 years are used to characterise the spatial and temporal variability of surface albedo across the gardens of Eden and Allah, two of New Zealand’s largest ice fields. The variability in response of individual glaciers reveals the role of topographic setting and suggests that glaciers in the Southern Alps do not behave as a single climatic unit. There is evidence that the timing of the minimum surface albedo has shifted to later in the summer on 10 of the 12 glaciers.
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