Recent content by kippert

Yes, I think this is key, and it's difficult for me to know simply because the course that I'm taking isn't being overly specific here unfortunately. I think the impurities and imperfections are a likely candidate for what is being described to me, because I can't make sense of it in any other...

Thanks :) so, the part I'm reading at the moment is specific to sea ice, so that might have a factor as it means the ice forms under dynamic and choppy conditions. I did consider clear ice, I guess my question there would be does it still have a high albedo or does it actually just let photons...

Hi, So I've just been learning about albedo as part of my course and the question that strikes me is: What is it about the structure of ice, particularly at the surface, that causes so much more light to reflect than with water? The differences I can see are: * Ice is less dense than water and...

Hi there, New to the forum here. I'm currently studying my second Physics degree with The Open University. I originally graduated from Edinburgh in 2010 with a third, and I wasn't happy with my result. I was young, naïve, immature, all the usual stuff of a student who still doesn't know who...