Monitoring of snow surface near-infrared bidirectional reflectance factors with added light-absorbing particles

Schneider, Adam; Flanner, Mark; De Roo, Roger; Adolph, Alden

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1753-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1753-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1753-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 6

Research article

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01 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 01 Jul 2019

Monitoring of snow surface near-infrared bidirectional reflectance factors with added light-absorbing particles

Adam Schneider, Mark Flanner, Roger De Roo, and Alden Adolph

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RC1: 'Comments on Schneider et al.', Marie Dumont, 28 Nov 2018
RC2: 'Review of “Measuring snow specific surface area with 1.30 and 1.55 μm bidirectional reflectance factors” by Schneider et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Dec 2018
RC3: 'tc-2018-198-review', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 Dec 2018
AC1: 'Final response', Adam Schneider, 05 Mar 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Adam Schneider on behalf of the Authors (05 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (17 Mar 2019) by Guillaume Chambon

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (20 Mar 2019)

RR by Marie Dumont (29 Apr 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (08 May 2019) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Adam Schneider on behalf of the Authors (18 May 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Jun 2019) by Guillaume Chambon

AR by Adam Schneider on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

To study the process of snow aging, we engineered a prototype instrument called the Near-Infrared Emitting and Reflectance-Monitoring Dome (NERD). Using the NERD, we observed rapid snow aging in experiments with added light absorbing particles (LAPs). Particulate matter deposited on the snow increased absorption of solar energy and enhanced snow melt. These results indicate the role of LAPs' indirect effect on snow aging through a positive feedback mechanism related to the snow grain size.