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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1931-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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21 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 21 Apr 2021
| 21 Apr 2021
Spectral attenuation coefficients from measurements of light transmission in bare ice on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California, 90027, USA
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 99354,
USA
Laurence C. Smith
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown
University, Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California, 90027, USA
Asa K. Rennermalm
Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08854, USA
Marco Tedesco
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York, 10025, USA
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10964, USA
Rohi Muthyala
Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08854, USA
Sasha Z. Leidman
Department of Geography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08854, USA
Samiah E. Moustafa
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University,
Providence, Rhode Island, 02912, USA
Jessica V. Fayne
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California, 90027, USA
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- Modelling the evolution of an ice sheet’s weathering crust T. Woods & I. Hewitt
- Direct measurement of optical properties of glacier ice using a photon-counting diffuse LiDAR M. Allgaier et al.
- The distinctive weathering crust habitat of a High Arctic glacier comprises discrete microbial micro‐habitats S. Rassner et al.
- CHARACTERIZING OPTICAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH SESSILE WATER DROPLETS UNDERGOING SOLIDIFICATION S. Dasgupta & K. Bellur
- Probing the position-dependent optical energy fluence rate in three-dimensional scattering samples O. Akdemir et al.
- Light penetration in snow layers A. Kokhanovsky
- Interfacial de-icing and ice-sliding with suppressed freezing using a photothermal film containing hollow CuS nanoparticles M. Kim & Y. Kim
- Breakdown of light transport models in photonic scattering slabs with strong absorption and anisotropy O. Akdemir et al.
- Modelling the development and decay of cryoconite holes in northwestern Greenland Y. Onuma et al.
- A model of the weathering crust and microbial activity on an ice-sheet surface T. Woods & I. Hewitt
- Development and calibration of a high dynamic range and autonomous ocean-light instrument to measure sub-surface profiles in ice-covered waters B. Schartmüller et al.
- Potential for photosynthesis on Mars within snow and ice A. Khuller et al.
- Greenland ice sheet runoff reduced by meltwater refreezing in bare ice M. Cooper et al.
- Loss of sea ice alters light spectra for aquatic photosynthesis M. Soja-Woźniak et al.
- Mapping the aerodynamic roughness of the Greenland Ice Sheet surface using ICESat-2: evaluation over the K-transect M. van Tiggelen et al.
- Morphology shapes microbial ecosystems and carbon cycling within cryoconite holes on a Greenland outlet glacier N. Takeuchi et al.
- Identification of 320 000-year-old blue ice at the surface of the Elephant Moraine region, East Antarctica G. Lee et al.
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Short summary
We measured sunlight transmitted into glacier ice to improve models of glacier ice melt and satellite measurements of glacier ice surfaces. We found that very small concentrations of impurities inside the ice increase absorption of sunlight, but the amount was small enough to enable an estimate of ice absorptivity. We confirmed earlier results that the absorption minimum is near 390 nm. We also found that a layer of highly reflective granular "white ice" near the surface reduces transmittance.
We measured sunlight transmitted into glacier ice to improve models of glacier ice melt and...
