flux to be absorbed by the ground, while (on 27 July 2012) the
net energy balance over the snow-
free ground in Iceland fluctuates around zero. This might be
due to the melting of ground ice in the active layer above the permafrost of the Svalbard
site.
However, a longer data period is required for Iceland, to give a more definitive answer. Giesen,
Andreassen, Oerlemans, and van den Broeke (2014
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