Inter-annual and geographical variations in the extent of bare ice and dark ice on the Greenland ice sheet derived from MODIS satellite images

Inter-annual and geographical variations in the extent of bare ice and dark ice on the Greenland ice sheet derived from MODIS satellite images

Areas of dark ice have appeared on the Greenland ice sheet every summer in recent years. These are likely to have a great impact on the mass balance of the ice sheet because of their low albedo. We report annual and geographical variations in the bare ice and dark ice areas that appeared on the Gree...

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Main Authors: Rigen eShimada, Nozomu eTakeuchi, Teruo eAoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Climate Change
MODIS
Greenland ice sheet
bare ice
dark ice
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/feart.2016.00043/full

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