Modelling light-absorbing particle–snow–radiation interactions and impacts on snow albedo: fundamentals, recent advances and future directions
Cenlin He
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A Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 80301, USA.
Environmental Chemistry 19(5) 296-311 https://doi.org/10.1071/EN22013
Submitted: 21 February 2022 Accepted: 26 May 2022 Published: 21 June 2022
© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Environmental context. Snow albedo plays an important role in the Earth environment. Light-absorbing particles (LAPs) can significantly impact snow albedo through complex interactions and feedbacks over the global cryosphere. This study provides a unique review of the fundamentals, recent advances, challenges and future research directions in modelling LAP–snow–radiation interactions and impacts on snow albedo.
Abstract. Snow albedo plays a critical role in the Earth system through a strong positive climate feedback, modulating surface energy and water balance. Light-absorbing particles (LAPs), including black carbon, mineral dust, brown carbon, volcanic ash and snow algae, have been found to substantially reduce snow albedo and accelerate snow/ice melting across the global cryosphere. In the past decades, substantial observational and modelling efforts have been made to advance the understanding and quantification of LAP–snow–radiation interactions and impacts on snow albedo and hydro-climate, with important uncertainties still remaining. Here we provide a unique review of the fundamentals and recent scientific advances in modelling LAP–snow–radiation interactions from microscopic (particle level) to macroscopic (bulk snow optical properties and albedo) perspectives. We also discuss the current challenges and potential research directions on this topic to shed light on future studies.
Keywords: aerosol, climate, global cryosphere, light absorption and scattering, light-absorbing particles, snow albedo, snow radiative transfer, solar radiation.
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