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Rene Allerstorfer 1.1 1 === Details ===
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3 |**Acronym**|WoRIS - Albedo
4 |**Description**|Weathering of Rocks at the Ice Surface
5 |**Principal Investigator (PI)**|Anna Losiak
6 |**Organisation** |Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
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8 === Summary ===
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10 WoRIS is a field experiment designed to determine influence of albedo and emissivity of the objects laying on the surface of glacier on the rate of its melting, and weathering of basaltic dust placed on the surface of the glacier.
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12 === Objectives ===
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14 Investigation of the rate of cryoconite development (that is increase in their depth and width through time) depending on
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16 * Albedo of the rocky particle currently being used in conditions of manned space flights
17 * Emissivity of the rock particle
18 * Size of the rock particle
19 * Thermal conductivity of ice
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21 === Experiment Data ===
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