Home >> Global Outlook for Ice and Snow >> Ice-albedo feedback process
Ice-albedo feedback process
File type Download Size Language
.pdf .pdf Download 1 mb -
.png .png Download 175 kb -

Use constraints

Using this graphic and referring to it is encouraged, and please use it in presentations, web pages, newspapers, blogs and reports.

For any form of publication, please include the link to this page and give the cartographer/designer credit (in this case Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal)

Fill in the form below to request permission

Name
Email
Purpose
Spam control + =
  Enter you Name, Email and the Purpose of use for the item.

Source(s)

Based on material from D.K. Perovich

 

 

Uploaded on Tuesday 21 Feb 2012 by GRID-Arendal

Ice-albedo feedback process

Year: 2007 Author: Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
Description:
In spring, the ice is snow-covered and there is very little open water. Most sunlight is reflected, but some is absorbed. This absorbed sunlight leads to melting, which in turn reduces the ice albedo and increases the amount of open water. This causes the albedo to further decrease, increasing the rate of heating and further accelerating melting.
Views: 258     Downloads: 87     Rating: 4
Ice avalanches of the Nevados Huascarán in Peru
Projected reduction in snow 2080-2100
Glacier changes on Nevado de Santa Isabel, Colombia
Mean snow-cover extent in the Northern Hemisphere 1966-2006
Sea ice concentration change over the 21st century as projected by climate models
Major glacier hazard locations
Ice sheets, schematic illustration for Greenland and Antarctica
Projected winter temperature changes in the Arctic