Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow
Climatic effects of black carbon (BC) deposition on snow have been proposed to result from reduced snow albedo and increased melt due to light-absorbing particles. In this study, we hypothesize that BC may decrease the liquid-water retention capacity of melting snow, and present our first data, wher...
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| author | O. Meinander A. Kontu A. Virkkula A. Arola L. Backman P. Dagsson-Waldhauserová O. Järvinen T. Manninen J. Svensson G. de Leeuw M. Leppäranta |
| author_facet | O. Meinander A. Kontu A. Virkkula A. Arola L. Backman P. Dagsson-Waldhauserová O. Järvinen T. Manninen J. Svensson G. de Leeuw M. Leppäranta |
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| description | Climatic effects of black carbon (BC) deposition on snow have been proposed
to result from reduced snow albedo and increased melt due to light-absorbing
particles. In this study, we hypothesize that BC may decrease the liquid-water retention capacity of melting snow, and present our first data, where
both the snow density and elemental carbon content were measured. In our
experiments, artificially added light-absorbing impurities decreased the
density of seasonally melting natural snow. No relationship was found in
case of natural non-melting snow. We also suggest three possible processes
that might lead to lower snow density. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a56283bc35f4a54a308f0b5d56369b22022-12-22T03:44:26ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe Cryosphere1994-04161994-04242014-05-018399199510.5194/tc-8-991-2014Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snowO. Meinander0A. Kontu1A. Virkkula2A. Arola3L. Backman4P. Dagsson-Waldhauserová5O. Järvinen6T. Manninen7J. Svensson8G. de Leeuw9M. Leppäranta10Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandArctic Research Center, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandKuopio Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Kuopio, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandUniversity of Iceland, Department of Physics, Reykjavik, IcelandDepartment of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandClimatic effects of black carbon (BC) deposition on snow have been proposed to result from reduced snow albedo and increased melt due to light-absorbing particles. In this study, we hypothesize that BC may decrease the liquid-water retention capacity of melting snow, and present our first data, where both the snow density and elemental carbon content were measured. In our experiments, artificially added light-absorbing impurities decreased the density of seasonally melting natural snow. No relationship was found in case of natural non-melting snow. We also suggest three possible processes that might lead to lower snow density.http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/991/2014/tc-8-991-2014.pdf |
| spellingShingle | O. Meinander A. Kontu A. Virkkula A. Arola L. Backman P. Dagsson-Waldhauserová O. Järvinen T. Manninen J. Svensson G. de Leeuw M. Leppäranta Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow The Cryosphere |
| title | Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow |
| title_full | Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow |
| title_fullStr | Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow |
| title_short | Brief communication: Light-absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow |
| title_sort | brief communication light absorbing impurities can reduce the density of melting snow |
| url | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/991/2014/tc-8-991-2014.pdf |
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