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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3955-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3955-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Research article
 | 
13 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2023

Modeling of surface energy balance for Icelandic glaciers using remote-sensing albedo

Andri Gunnarsson, Sigurdur M. Gardarsson, and Finnur Pálsson

Data sets

MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 6 D. K. Hall and G. A. Riggs https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10A1.006

MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid, Version 6 D. K. Hall and G. A. Riggs https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10A1.006

IcelandDEM v.1 National Land Survey of Iceland https://gatt.lmi.is/geonetwork/srv/metadata/e6712430-a63c-4ae5-9158-c89d16da6361

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Short summary
A model was developed with the possibility of utilizing satellite-derived daily surface albedo driven by high-resolution climate data to estimate the surface energy balance (SEB) for all Icelandic glaciers for the period 2000–2021.
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