Snow spikes (penitentes) in the dry Andes, but not on Europa: a defense of Lliboutry's classic paper
Tall, spiky snow structures (penitentes) occur high in subtropical mountains, in the form of blades oriented east-west and tilted toward the noontime sun. By trapping sunlight, they cause a reduction of albedo by ~0.3 relative to flat snow. The formation of penitentes, explained by Lliboutry in 1954...
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Cambridge University Press
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Annals of Glaciology |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305523000125/type/journal_article |