Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.1002/2017GL072916 |
Close packing effects on clean and dirty snow albedo and associated climatic implications | |
He, Cenlin1,2; Takano, Yoshi1,2; Liou, Kuo-Nan1,2 | |
2017-04-28 | |
发表期刊 | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 0094-8276 |
EISSN | 1944-8007 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 44期号:8 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Previous modeling of snow albedo, a key climate feedback parameter, follows the independent scattering approximation (ISA) such that snow grains are considered as a number of separate units with distances longer than wavelengths. Here we develop a new snow albedo model for widely observed close-packed snow grains internally mixed with black carbon (BC) and demonstrate that albedo simulations match closer to observations. Close packing results in a stronger light absorption for clean and BC-contaminated snow. Compared with ISA, close packing reduces pure snow albedos by up to similar to 0.05, whereas it enhances BC-induced snow albedo reduction and associated surface radiative forcing by up to 15% (20%) for fresh (old) snow, with larger enhancements for stronger structure packing. Finally, our results suggest that BC-snow albedo forcing and snow albedo feedback (climate sensitivity) are underestimated in previous modeling studies, making snow close packing consideration a necessity in climate modeling and analysis. Plain Language Summary Snow plays a critically important role in the Earth climate system and water cycles. It affects not only surface radiative and heat fluxes but also freshwater resources. Previous modeling of snow albedo, a key climate feedback parameter, follows the independent scattering approximation. However, observations have shown that densely packed snow grains (i.e., close packing) are ubiquitous, where the independent scattering among grains may be invalid. This study, for the first time, explicitly accounts for close packing of snow grains and assesses its effects on clean and contaminated snow albedos by developing a new snow albedo model with internal mixing of aerosol and snow grains. We find that compared with the conventional independent scattering approximation, close packing reduces pure snow albedo and also enhances snow albedo reduction caused by black carbon contamination, with larger enhancements for stronger structure packing. Our results suggest that it is imperative to include snow close packing in climate modeling and analysis in order to improve the estimate of black carbon-snow albedo forcing and snow albedo feedback (climate sensitivity). |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000401847500033 |
WOS关键词 | T-MATRIX METHOD ; BLACK-CARBON ; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES ; RADIATIVE-TRANSFER ; SINGLE-SCATTERING ; LIGHT-ABSORPTION ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; SPECTRAL ALBEDO ; PARTICLES ; GRAINS |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/28089 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA; 2.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Joint Inst Reg Earth Syst Sci & Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | He, Cenlin,Takano, Yoshi,Liou, Kuo-Nan. Close packing effects on clean and dirty snow albedo and associated climatic implications[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2017,44(8). |
APA | He, Cenlin,Takano, Yoshi,&Liou, Kuo-Nan.(2017).Close packing effects on clean and dirty snow albedo and associated climatic implications.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,44(8). |
MLA | He, Cenlin,et al."Close packing effects on clean and dirty snow albedo and associated climatic implications".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 44.8(2017). |
条目包含的文件 | 条目无相关文件。 |
除非特别说明,本系统中所有内容都受版权保护,并保留所有权利。
修改评论