Insulation effects of Icelandic dust and volcanic ash on snow and ice

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-10

  Dragosics, Monika ^a   Meinander, Outi ^b   Jónsdóttír, Tinna ^a   Dürig, Tobias ^a   De Leeuw, Gerrit ^b,c   Pálsson, Finnur ^a   Dagsson Waldhauserová, Pavla ^a,d,e   Thorsteinsson, Throstur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Albedo; Ash; Dust; Iceland; Insulation; Snow

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; DUST; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; GRAIN SIZE; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; INSULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 84959145285     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-015-2224-6     Document Type: Article

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