Thermal properties of ice and of different types of open surface in the Antarctic Peninsula area

Results are considered of measurements of the temperature regime and albedo of different surfaces typical of polar regions. The measurements were carried out at King George Island, where, in summer, surfaces with different reflectivities and thermal properties are free of snow. Also, snow fields and ice with different morphometric properties persist during the whole summer. Tables of characteristic values of albedo and temperature of different surfaces and parametric relationships between albedo and temperature are presented. One of the important results is an improved interpretation of satellite images with low and medium resolution, which is impossible without detailed information on reflectivity of different surfaces.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]