Estimating ice albedo from fine debris cover quantified by a semi-automatic method: The case study of Forni Glacier, Italian Alps

Cryosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 665-679

  Sergio Azzoni, Roberto ^a   Senese, Antonella ^a   Zerboni, Andrea ^a   Maugeri, Maurizio ^a   Smiraglia, Claudio ^a   Adele Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; FINES; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MELTWATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; VALLEY GLACIER;

ALPS; FORNI GLACIER; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SONDRIO;

EID: 84962520834     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-665-2016     Document Type: Article

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