Articles | Volume 8, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1069-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1069-2014
Research article
 | 
23 Jun 2014
Research article |  | 23 Jun 2014

Albedo over rough snow and ice surfaces

S. Lhermitte, J. Abermann, and C. Kinnard

Related authors

Ocean-Induced Weakening of George VI Ice Shelf
Ann-Sofie P. Zinck, Bert Wouters, Franka Jesse, and Stef Lhermitte
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-573,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-573, 2025
This preprint is open for discussion and under review for The Cryosphere (TC).
Short summary
Assessing the effect of forest management on above-ground carbon stock by remote sensing
Sofie Van Winckel, Jonas Simons, Stef Lhermitte, and Bart Muys
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4094,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-4094, 2025
Short summary
Machine learning of Antarctic firn density by combining radiometer and scatterometer remote-sensing data
Weiran Li, Sanne B. M. Veldhuijsen, and Stef Lhermitte
The Cryosphere, 19, 37–61, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-37-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-37-2025, 2025
Short summary
Assessing spatio-temporal variability of firn volume scattering over Greenland with satellite altimeters
Weiran Li, Stef Lhermitte, Bert Wouters, Cornelis Slobbe, Max Brils, and Xavier Fettweis
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3251,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3251, 2024
Short summary
Brief Communications: Tides and Damage as Drivers of Lake Drainages on Shackleton Ice Shelf
Julius Sommer, Maaike Izeboud, Sophie de Roda Husman, Bert Wouters, and Stef Lhermitte
EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3105,https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3105, 2024
Short summary

Related subject area

Alpine Glaciers
Spectral characteristics of seismic ambient vibrations reveal changes in the subglacial environment of Glacier de la Plaine Morte, Switzerland
Janneke van Ginkel, Fabian Walter, Fabian Lindner, Miroslav Hallo, Matthias Huss, and Donat Fäh
The Cryosphere, 19, 1469–1490, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1469-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1469-2025, 2025
Short summary
Recent observations and glacier modeling point towards near-complete glacier loss in western Austria (Ötztal and Stubai mountain range) if 1.5 °C is not met
Lea Hartl, Patrick Schmitt, Lilian Schuster, Kay Helfricht, Jakob Abermann, and Fabien Maussion
The Cryosphere, 19, 1431–1452, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1431-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1431-2025, 2025
Short summary
The glaciers of the Dolomites: the last 40 years of melting
Andrea Securo, Costanza Del Gobbo, Giovanni Baccolo, Carlo Barbante, Michele Citterio, Fabrizio De Blasi, Marco Marcer, Mauro Valt, and Renato R. Colucci
The Cryosphere, 19, 1335–1352, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1335-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1335-2025, 2025
Short summary
Reconstructed glacier area and volume changes in the European Alps since the Little Ice Age
Johannes Reinthaler and Frank Paul
The Cryosphere, 19, 753–767, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-753-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-753-2025, 2025
Short summary
Separating snow and ice melt using water stable isotopes and glacio-hydrological modelling: towards improving the application of isotope analyses in highly glacierized catchments
Tom Müller, Mauro Fischer, Stuart N. Lane, and Bettina Schaefli
The Cryosphere, 19, 423–458, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-423-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-423-2025, 2025
Short summary

Cited articles

Abermann, J., Kinnard, C., and MacDonell, S.: Albedo variations and the impact of clouds on glaciers in the Chilean semi-arid Andes, J. Glaciol., 60, 183–191, https://doi.org/10.3189/2014JoG13J094, 2014.
Arendt, A.: Approaches to modelling the surface albedo of a high arctic glacier, Geogr. Ann. A, 81, 477–487, https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0459.00077, 1999.
Betterton, M.: Theory of structure formation in snowfields motivated by penitentes, suncups, and dirt cones, Phys. Rev. E, 63, 056129, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.63.056129, 2001.
Brock, B. W.: An analysis of short-term albedo variations at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland, Geogr. Ann. A, 86, 53–65, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3676.2004.00213.x, 2004.
Brock, B. W., Willis, I. C., and Sharp, M. J.: Measurement and parameterization of albedo variations at Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland, J. Glaciol., 46, 675–688, 2000.
Download
Share