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Since 1981, hourly values of albedo have been measured routinely at Norwegian Polar Institute's research station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. We have undertaken statistical analysis of the time series 1981-1997 to investigate potential long-term variability and trends in the albedo data set. The following questions have been raised and answered by regression analysis: (i) Has the time of beginning of...